Module: Merb::Test::RouteHelper

Module | Merb::Test::RouteHelper
In: | lib/merb-core/test/helpers/route_helper.rb

### Methods

request_to resource url

### Included Modules

RequestHelper

### Public Instance methods

request_to(path, method = :get, env = {})

#### Parameters

path<~to_string>: | The URL of the request.
method<~to_sym>: | HTTP request method.
env<Hash>: | Additional parameters for the request.

#### Returns

Hash: | A hash containing the controller and action along with any parameters

resource(*args)

Mimics the resource method available to controllers

#### Paramaters

resources<Object>: | The resources to generate URLs from
params<Hash>: | Any extra parameters that are required.

#### Returns

String: | The generated URL.

url(*args)

There are three possible ways to use this method. First, if you have a named route, you can specify the route as the first parameter as a symbol and any paramters in a hash. Second, you can generate the default route by just passing the params hash, just passing the params hash. Finally, you can use the anonymous parameters. This allows you to specify the parameters to a named route in the order they appear in the router.

#### Parameters(Named Route)

name<Symbol>: | The name of the route.
args<Hash>: | Parameters for the route generation.

#### Parameters(Default Route)

args<Hash>: | Parameters for the route generation. This route will use the default route.

#### Parameters(Anonymous Parameters)

name<Symbol>: | The name of the route.
args<Array>: | An array of anonymous parameters to generate the route with. These parameters are assigned to the route parameters in the order that they are passed.

#### Returns

String: | The generated URL.

#### Examples

Named Route

Merb::Router.prepare do

      match("/articles/:title").to(:controller => :articles, :action => :show).name("articles")

end

url(:articles, :title => "new_article")

Default Route

Merb::Router.prepare do

      default_routes

end

url(:controller => "articles", :action => "new")

Anonymous Paramters

Merb::Router.prepare do

      match("/articles/:year/:month/:title").to(:controller => :articles, :action => :show).name("articles")

end

url(:articles, 2008, 10, "test_article")

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