Routes with Dash `-` Instead of Underscore `_` in Ruby on Rails

Question

I want my urls to use dash - instead of underscore _ as word separators. For example controller/my-action instead of controller/

Answer 1

You can use named routes. It will allow using '-' as word seperators. In routes.rb,

map.name_of_route     'a-b-c',       :controller => 'my_controller', :action => "my_action"

Now urls like http://my_application/a-b-c would go to specified controller and action.

Also, for creating dynamic urls

map.name_of_route    'id1-:id2-:id3',       :controller => 'my_controller', :action => "my_action"

in this case 'id1, id2 & id2 would be passed as http params to the action

In you actions and views,

name_of_route_url(:id1=>val1, :id2=>val2, :id3=>val3) 

would evaluate to url 'http://my_application/val1-val2-val3'.