Path parsing in rails

Question

I am looking for method for parsing route path like this:

ActionController::Routing.new(\"post_path\").parse
#=> {:controller => \"posts\", :action =&g         


        

Answer 1

In Rails 3 you can do the following:

Rails.application.routes.recognize_path "/accounts/1"
# {:action=>"show", :controller=>"accounts", :id=>"1"}

Using ActionController::Routing::Routes.recognize_path kept throwing

ActionController::RoutingError Exception: No route matches "/accounts/1