I am always forced to make my terminal window two dual monitors wide just to see read them right. I\'m not a stickler for buttery GUI\'s, but this is ridiculous.
Is ther
Great tip. Thanks.
I prepared working version for Rails 3.0. Enjoy.
desc 'Pretty print out all defined routes in match order, with names. Target specific controller with CONTROLLER=x.'
task :pretty_routes => :environment do
all_routes = ENV['CONTROLLER'] ? ActionController::Routing::Routes.routes.select { |route| route.defaults[:controller] == ENV['CONTROLLER'] } : ActionController::Routing::Routes.routes
routes = all_routes.collect do |route|
reqs = route.requirements.empty? ? "" : route.requirements.inspect
{:name => route.name, :verb => route.verb, :path => route.path, :reqs => reqs}
end
File.open(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "routes.html"), "w") do |f|
f.puts "<html><head><title>Rails 3 Routes</title></head><body><table border=1>"
f.puts "<tr><th>Name</th><th>Verb</th><th>Path</th><th>Requirements</th></tr>"
routes.each do |r|
f.puts "<tr><td>#{r[:name]}</td><td>#{r[:verb]}</td><td>#{r[:path]}</td><td>#{r[:reqs]}</td></tr>"
end
f.puts "</table></body></html>"
end
end
For those, who anyway want to use their terminal to view complicated rails routes
.
Rails 6 introduced --expanded
option to print them in a more convenient way.
Here is an example:
$ rails routes --expanded
--[ Route 1 ]------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix | high_scores
Verb | GET
URI | /high_scores(.:format)
Controller#Action | high_scores#index
--[ Route 2 ]------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix | new_high_score
Verb | GET
URI | /high_scores/new(.:format)
Controller#Action | high_scores#new
--[ Route 3 ]------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix | blog
Verb |
URI | /blog
Controller#Action | Blog::Engine
[ Routes for Blog::Engine ]
--[ Route 1 ]------------------------------------------------------------
Prefix | cart
Verb | GET
URI | /cart(.:format)
Controller#Action | cart#show
And a link to PR.
For Rails 3, you can use : Rails.application.routes.routes.to_a
(see my original answer)