Rails / users /: id / to / {random_srting}: Dedefault Routing

Thing you want to do

--I want to shorten the path to the #Show action as much as possible --I felt that there are many disadvantages to including id in path -I want to stop using : id for / users /: id /

I will leave it as a memorandum

Set: id of / users /: id / to an attribute other than id

use model: to_param

Generate a URL-safe random string with SecureRandom.urlsafe in url_token Example to use instead of id

Encoding the current date and time + random numbers may reduce the possibility of collision.

class Article < ApplicationRecord
  attribute :url_token, :string, default: -> { SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64(8) }
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  def to_param
    url_token
  end
end

For uuid: (Hereafter, I will adopt uuid and leave an explanation, I think that it does not fit the purpose of shortening the URL)

class Article < ApplicationRecord
  attribute :uuid, :string, default: -> { SecureRandom.uuid }
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  def to_param
    uuid
  end
end

Controller

After that, rewrite the part using params [: id] in the controller to params [: uuid]

Routing: param: :uuid

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  resources :users, param: :uuid
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end

Just add param:: uuid This replaces / users /: id with / users /: uuid

I want to change / users /: uuid to /: uuid

Routing: param: :uuid

Add path:'/'

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  resources :users, param: :uuid, path: '/'
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end

If you check the routing at this time with Rails routes

       users GET    /                        users#index
             POST   /                        users#create
    new_user GET    /new(.:format)           users#new
   edit_user GET    /:uuid/edit(.:format)    users#edit
        user GET    /:uuid(.:format)         users#show
             PATCH  /:uuid(.:format)         users#update
             PUT    /:uuid(.:format)         users#update
             DELETE /:uuid(.:format)         users#destroy

ʻUsers_pathis GET'/' and overlaps with root_path, POST /also becomesRouting Error: No route matches [POST]" / users "` and does not work

Therefore, as a tentative measure, we decided to use only actions other than index, new, and create as root-based paths.

The actual routes.rb is

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  resources :users, only: [:index, :new, :create]
  resources :users, param: :uuid, path: '/', only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
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end

I'll try this for the time being with just ugly

reference

How to use /: username routing instead of / users /: id in rails · Yuichi Takada https://blog.takady.net/blog/2015/11/29/rails-routing-with-username-instead-of- id /