How to add a custom RESTful route to a Rails app?

Question

I\'m reading these two pages

1. resources
2. Adding more RESTful actions

The Rails Guides page shows

map.resources :photos, :new          


        

Answer 1

This can be taken as just another syntax -- something good to know may be.

Syntax 1:

resources :users do
  member do
    get 'signup'
    post 'register'
  end
end

Rake Route Output will include

signup_users GET    /users/signup(.:format)    {:action=>"signup", :controller=>"users"}
register_users POST   /users/register(.:format)  {:action=>"register", :controller=>"use

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Syntax 2: If you have only one collection route

resources :users do
    get 'signup', :on => :collection
end