redircting error in ruby on rails - forms

Question

I'm new to ruby on rails. I tried to redirect to outlet_controller#map, but the below code redirect me to #show. what i am doing wrong. help me to sort out.
my route is
namespace :api do
get 'outlet/map' => 'outlets#map'
end
my controller is
class Api::OutletsController < ApplicationController
http_basic_authenticate_with :name => "admin", :password => "password"
skip_before_filter :authenticate_user!
before_filter :fetch_outlets, :except => [:index, :create]
def fetch_outlets
#outlet = Outlet.find_by_id(params[:id])
end
def index
respond_to do |format|
#outlets = Outlet.select(:name, :description, :latitude, :longitude, :contact, :image_url, :emailid).all
##outlets = Outlet.all
format.json { render json: #outlets}
end
end
def auto_complete
params.permit!
query = params[:query]
#outlet = Outlet.select(:name).where("name like ?","#{query}%")
if #outlet.present?
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render json: #outlet }
end
elsif
render :json=> {:status=>'error', :message=>'Data not found'}
end
end
def search
params.permit!
query = params[:query]
puts YAML::dump(query)
#outlet = Outlet.select(:name, :description, :latitude, :longitude, :contact, :image_url, :emailid).where("name like ?","%#{query}%")
if #outlet.present?
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render json: #outlet }
end
elsif
render :json=> {:status=>'error', :message=>'Data not found'}
end
end
def show
respond_to do |format|
format.json { render json: #outlet }
end
end
def create
#outlet = Outlet.new(params[:outlets])
respond_to do |format|
if #outlet
format.json { render json: #outlet, status: :created }
else
format.json { render json: #outlet.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
def update
if #outlet.update_attributes(outlet_params)
render :json=> {:status=>'success', :message=>'Successfully Updated'}
else
format.json { render json: #user.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
def map
super
end
def destroy
if #outlet.destroy
render :json=> {:status=>'success', :message=>'Successfully Removed'}
else
format.json { render json: #outlet.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
private
def outlet_params
params.require(:outlets).permit(:name, :brand_id, :latitude, :langitude, :location, :description, :image_url, :contact, :emailid)
end
end
my development log for
/api/outlets/map
is
Started GET "/api/outlets/map" for 127.0.0.1 at 2015-06-01 17:18:59 +0530
Processing by Api::OutletsController#show as JSON
Parameters: {"id"=>"map"}
[1m[35mOutlet Load (0.2ms)[0m SELECT `outlets`.* FROM `outlets` WHERE `outlets`.`id` = 0 LIMIT 1
Completed 200 OK in 15ms (Views: 0.3ms | ActiveRecord: 0.2ms)
why i'm redirect to outlets_controller#show? could anyone help to sort out this problem...

Answer 1

The problem could be the order of route definitions in your routes.rb.
This order of routes would trigger the problematic behaviour, because Rails will use the first route that matches the request:
YourApp.routes.draw do
namespace :api do
resources :outlets # defines the show route
get 'outlet/map' => 'outlets#map'
end
end
To fix this, change the order of your routes:
YourApp.routes.draw do
namespace :api do
get 'outlet/map' => 'outlets#map'
resources :outlets # defines the show route
end
end
Now the route outlet/map matches before outlet/:id does.
You can also try this route definition if it is applicable:
YourApp.routes.draw do
namespace :api do
resources :outlets do
get 'map', on: :collection
end
end
end