cold route

[George]

Do I have this setup correctly?

<cfscript>

drawRoutes()

.controller("employees")

.get("list")

.post("update")

.delete("delete")

.end()

.root(controller="main", action="index")

.end();

</cfscript>

I want to setup a POST to controller EMPLOYEES to go to action UPDATE, it keeps going to INDEX

Here is my HTTP header for the request

Request URL:

http://local.supersched.com/api/employees

1. Request Method:
   POST
2. Status Code:
   200 OK

The response is something I made giving back controller = Employees , action = Index

[Donald Humphreys]

George,

I think you really want to use RESTful resources for this kind of
thing. If you do this:

<cfscript>
drawRoutes()
.resources(name="employees", only="index,update,delete")

.root(controller="main", action="index")
.end();
</cfscript>

Then you will get the following routes:

GET /employees => employees#index
PUT /employees/[key] => employees#update
DELETE /employees/[key] => employees#delete

The HTTP methods and action names involved are a little different than
what you desired, but this is the standard way in ColdRoute to set up
a controller to edit/delete an entity. If you desire all seven of the
RESTful routes (index, new, create, show, edit, update, delete) to be
created for a resource, you can either add additional entries to the
"only" list, or omit that argument entirely.

Hope this helps.

Don

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[Randall Meeker]

No, I need to be able to define my routes explicitly. I already use that method on another site. But i need to customize this one.

[Donald Humphreys]

Alrighty, then here is the code you need:

<cfscript>
drawRoutes()
.controller("employees")

.get(name="list", pattern="")
.post(name="update", pattern="")
.delete(name="delete", pattern="")

.end()
.root(controller="main", action="index")
.end();
</cfscript>

This looks like the closest thing to what you were asking for. Notice
that there are no [key] parameters defined. If you need to pass in a
key to identify records for update or delete, just use pattern="[key]"
instead of empty string.

Also, remember that any request that does not match a route will
result in Wheels looking for the default /[controller]/[action]/[key]
pattern. If you want to confirm the routes generated by ColdRoute,
just go to the plugin page (link for ColdRoute at the bottom of your
site when running in design mode).

[George]

ah, thanks!