I guess the distinction is that you generate food_path()'s based on
existing food names, and search comes from users - but you don't have a
distinct landing page for each food, hence no need for resource-based
routing for foods.
You could define a :show action in your controller, which simply calls
the 'search' action.
def show
search
end
Then they'll have different controller-actions and different paths, yet
the implementations would be identical. And the specs can describe them
distinctly.
I'd be curious if there are other ways to do this.
Randy
On 1/23/10 7:24 PM, Nick Hoffman wrote:
> Hey guys. I have two different paths that lead to the same controller
> and action:
> map.connect 'foods/search/:name', :controller => 'foods', :action =>
> 'search'
> map.food ':name', :controller => 'foods', :action =>
> 'search'
>
> Unfortunately, the spec for the second route fails because #route_to
> finds and uses the first route when generating the path for
> :controller => 'foods', :action => 'search', :name => 'almonds'
>
> routes.rb: http://codepad.org/CjKRynr5
> specs: http://codepad.org/838oV3mW
>
> Is there a solution to this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
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