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    <p>I started a Rails project recently and decided to use RESTful controllers. I created controllers for my key entities (such as Country) and added <code>index</code>, <code>new</code>, <code>edit</code>, <code>create</code>, <code>show</code>, <code>update</code> and <code>delete</code>. I added my <code>map.resources :country</code> to my routes file and life was good.</p> <p>After development progressed a little, I started to encounter problems. I sometimes needed extra actions in my controller. First there was the <code>search</code> action that returned the options for my fancy autocompleting search box. Then came the need to display the countries in two different ways in different places in the application (the data displayed was different too, so it wasn't just two views) - I added the <code>index_full</code> action. Then I wanted to show a country by name in the URL, not by id so I added the <code>show_by_name</code> action.</p> <p>What do you do when you need actions beyond the standard <code>index</code>, <code>new</code>, <code>edit</code>, <code>create</code>, <code>show</code>, <code>update</code>, <code>delete</code> in a RESTful controller in Rails? Do I need to add (and maintain) manual routes in the routes.rb file (which is a pain), do they go in a different controller, do I become unRESTful or am I missing something fundamental?</p> <p>I guess I am asking, do I need to work harder and add actions into my routes.rb file for the privilege of being RESTful? If I wasn't using <code>map.resources</code> to add the REST goodies, the standard <code>:controller/:action, :controller/:action/:id</code> routes would handle pretty much everything automatically.</p>
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    1. COThere seems to be a lot of confusion about the meaning of REST due to rails default methods. REST is not limited to those methods, and really isn't about those particular methods at all. I also don't understand why you feel you have to work harder when adding additional methods to a controller.
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