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resource

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resource(*resources, &block) public

Sometimes, you have a resource that clients always look up without referencing an ID. A common example, /profile always shows the profile of the currently logged in user. In this case, you can use a singular resource to map /profile (rather than /profile/:id) to the show action:

resource :profile

This creates six different routes in your application, all mapping to the Profiles controller (note that the controller is named after the plural):

GET       /profile/new
GET       /profile
GET       /profile/edit
PATCH/PUT /profile
DELETE    /profile
POST      /profile

If you want instances of a model to work with this resource via record identification (e.g. in form_with or redirect_to), you will need to call resolve[rdoc-ref:CustomUrls#resolve]:

resource :profile
resolve('Profile') { [:profile] }

# Enables this to work with singular routes:
form_with(model: @profile) {}

Options

Takes same options as resources[rdoc-ref:#resources]

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# File actionpack/lib/action_dispatch/routing/mapper.rb, line 1303
        def resource(*resources, &block)
          options = resources.extract_options!.dup

          if apply_common_behavior_for(:resource, resources, options, &block)
            return self
          end

          with_scope_level(:resource) do
            options = apply_action_options options
            resource_scope(SingletonResource.new(resources.pop, api_only?, @scope[:shallow], options)) do
              yield if block_given?

              concerns(options[:concerns]) if options[:concerns]

              new do
                get :new
              end if parent_resource.actions.include?(:new)

              set_member_mappings_for_resource

              collection do
                post :create
              end if parent_resource.actions.include?(:create)
            end
          end

          self
        end

resource

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