On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Julian 'Julik' Tarkhanov wrote:

> > 
> > any hints appreciated.
> 
>  map.connect 'rest/:format/:model/:action/:id
                                       ^
                                       ^
                                       ^

this is inferred from the REQUEST_METHOD.


the idea is that a url like

   http://127.0.0.1/rest/student/42

is used for all of PUT (create), GET (read), POST (edit), and DELETE (delete).

>  on the controller side
> 
>  def index
>     request.post? ? update_student : return_student
>  end

but a post can be either an insert or an update...

>  I think it should parse the params for you if they are YAML or XML but I'm
>  not sure.  Why would you want path-info here?

   http://127.0.0.1/rest/xml/student/42
                     ^    ^    ^^^^^^^
                     ^    ^    ^^^^^^^
                     ^    ^    ^^^^^^^

             controller action  path_info

but now i think i understand what you are getting at... maybe a

   map.connect 'rest/:format/:model/:id'

for a specific record

and

   map.connect 'rest/:format/:model/'

for all tuples.

but i'm new to routes and don't quite get the exact approach.

thanks for the idea.

-a
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