why no path names for custom routes in Rails
custom-routes, routes, ruby-on-rails, ruby-on-rails-3
Solution
There are no path names because you haven't specified path names. If you're supplying custom routes instead of using `resources`, you need to use `:as` to provide a pathname:
match '/new_user' => 'home#new_user', via: :get, as: :new_user
You should also just use `get` instead of `match... via: :get`:
get '/new_user' => 'home#new_user', as: :new_user
However, given your set of routes, your better bet is to continue using `resources`, but to supply a limited list of actions via `:only` and a custom controller via `:controller`:
resources :users, only: %w(new edit show create), controller: "home"
Problem
In my rails app following in routes.rb ``` resources :users ``` leads to following output for 'rake routes' ``` users GET /users(.:format) users#index POST /users(.:format) users#create new_user GET /users/new(.:format) users#new edit_user GET /users/:id/edit(.:format) users#edit user GET /users/:id(.:format) users#show PUT /users/:id(.:format) users#update DELETE /users/:id(.:format) users#destroy ``` & following in routes.rb (for my custom controller 'home') ``` match '/new_user' => 'home#new_user', via: [:get] match '/users/:id/edit' => 'home#edit_user', via: [:get] match '/users/:id' => 'home#show_user', via: [:get] match '/users/:id' => 'home#create_user', via: [:post] ``` leads to following output for 'rake routes' ``` GET /new_user(.:format) home#new_user GET /users/:id/edit(.:format) home#edit_user GET /users/:id(.:format) home#show_user POST /users/:id(.:format) home#create_user ``` why there are no path names for second case? like in first case ('new_user', 'edit_user') is there any way to have path names for second case? as i want to use these path names in my views