I have a resource defined like so:
resources :referrals, :except => [:show, :edit, :destroy]
and I'd like to replace (not just add a named route) a default route that Rails produces, specifically the one for the update action.
Here is my rake routes:
referrals GET /referrals(.:format) {:action=>"index", :controller=>"referrals"}
POST /referrals(.:format) {:action=>"create", :controller=>"referrals"}
new_referral GET /referrals/new(.:format) {:action=>"new", :controller=>"referrals"}
referral PUT /referrals/:id(.:format) {:action=>"update", :controller=>"referrals"}
share /share(.:format) {:controller=>"referrals", :action=>"new"}
special /special(.:format) {:controller=>"referrals", :action=>"index"}
thanks /thanks(.:format) {:controller=>"pages", :action=>"thanks"}
/:shortlink(.:format) {:controller=>"referrals", :action=>"update"}
/:linktext(.:format) {:controller=>"referrals", :action=>"update"}
root /(.:format) {:controller=>"pages", :action=>"home"}
I'd like either the
/:shortlink(.:format)
or
/:linktext(.:format)
to hit the update action, but not the
/referrals/:id(.:format)
This is to implement a form of non-password "security". When the PUT goes to the update action, I want certain things to happen, but I don't want to require authorization to do this, and I don't want to allow easy guessing of the url based on controller name and simple low-numbered ids.
How can I fully replace the default route given by rails?