Help solving a routing error in Rails

Question

I have a controller called form_questions_answers with a method in it called modify_rule but when I perform a post to /form_questions_answers/modify_rule/60 Rails tells me:

Routing Error
No route matches "/form_questions_answers/modify_rule/60" with {:method=>:post}

Why is this happening, I have map.resources :form_question_answers in routes.rb, and map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' at the bottom of the routes.rb file, so why isn't the modify_rule action being triggered?

Answer 1

/form_questions_answers/modify_rule/60 would not accept POST on a map.resources basis. It would either be a GET or a PUT in line with REST.

You might want to take a look rails routing guide for some info on routes.

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Answer 2

If you're using resource based routes you probably want to remove the default routes. That said you probably want to add a new member to your form_question_answers route like this:

map.resources 'form_questions_answers', :member => { :modify_rule => :post } 

You can read more about adding options to your routes here.