I guess nested resources is what you need. You can specify just index action for nesting and keep all the snippets resources separately. Also you are to add some logic to snippets#index
action to check params[:pattern_id]
's existance:
resources :patterns do
# this line will generate the `patterns/:id/snippets` route
# referencing to snippents#index action but within specific pattern.
# Also you have to add pattern_id column to snippets table to define the relation
resources :snippets, only: :index
end
resources :snippets
Use Collection Routes to make Rails to recognize paths like /patterns/:id/snippets/sort
resources :patterns do
resources :snippets, only: :index do
# this line will generate the `patterns/:id/snippets/sort` route
# referencing to snippets#sort action but again within specific pattern.
get :sort, on: :collection
end
end
resources :snippets
If you have Image
model you can nest resources the same way like with snippets:
resources :patterns do
resources :images, only: :index
end
If it's just an action in patterns controller you can do:
resources :patterns do
get :images, on: :member
end