Problem with custom routes in Rails

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Problem with custom routes in Rails

I have this line in routes:

map.resources :questions, :new => {:vote_for => :put, :vote_against => :put}, :has_many => :replies, :shallow => true

And I use the following helpers in my view:

link_to 'OK', vote_for_question_path(@question), :method => :put
link_to 'NO', vote_against_question_path(@question), :method => :put

But unfortunately there is something wrong with my code, as Rails says:

undefined method `vote_for_question_path' for #

What's wrong?

+2 A:

John Topley 2009-06-02 11:08:10

Thanks, it works! I'd like to use the RESTful conventions (as you suggested), but I have no idea how to specify whether the vote is +1 or -1 using /questions/22/votes/new :(

collimarco 2009-06-02 11:24:32

It's difficult to give you guidance without knowing more about your application. The general idea is that your Question model would be associated with the Vote model, which would probably be associated with a User model. When I user voted on a question, that Vote instance would be added to the collection of Votes for that Question. For a -1 it would be removed.

John Topley 2009-06-02 12:45:37