In url, how to show name-name instead of id in ruby on rails?
I am using rails 4 and ruby 2. I have created a blog part in my rails application. I need to change url on my show page. My problem is I want a title in my url instead of an id. I want http://www.domain.com/articles/blog_title instead of http://www.domain.com/articles/9 . How can i do this? Please share with me if anyone has any idea on this.
My codes:
ArticlesController:
def index
@articles = Article.all
@articles = Article.paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 5).order('created_at DESC')
end
def show
@article = Article.find(params[:id])
end
private
def article_params
params.require(:article).permit(:title, :body)
end
routes.rv
resources :articles
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There is an amazing gem named for this purpose friendly_id
, https://github.com/norman/friendly_id
In your article model, you just need to add this,
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :name, use: :slugged
There are many other options available, for which you need to check the documentation.
Hope it helps!
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You can actually override the method to_param
. You don't need to have a stone for this.
If you have a slug column, just put
def to_param
self.slug.parameterize
end
If you want to go with a headline then
def to_param
self.title.parameterize
end
Remember to index the slug or title columns (whichever you are using) to speed up searches.
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