Laravel 4 list and detail route - rest

Question

I want to achieve the following:
devices > Controller#devices
devices/{id} > Controller#devices
Is this possible with Laravel ? I'm trying to map a domotic box with an android application ImperiHome, and they expect me to have the same route for devices list and for any device action.
So far I've tried this:
Route::get('devices/{deviceId}/action/{actionName}/{actionParam?}', 'DomoticzController#devices');
Route::get('devices', 'DomoticzController#devices');
But I cannot retrieve the argument when I call the devices/id url

Answer 1

Ok, so to solve the php strict standard error I just splitted the routes to two methods as follows:
routes.php
Route::get('devices/{deviceId}/action/{actionName}/{actionParam?}', 'DomoticzController#device');
Route::get('devices', 'DomoticzController#devices');
Route::get('rooms', 'DomoticzController#rooms');
//Route::get('action_ret', 'DomoticzController#action_ret');
Route::get('system', 'DomoticzController#system');
Route::get('/', 'DomoticzController#system');
DomoticzController.php
/**
* Call for an action on the device identified by $deviceId.
* #return string Json formated action status.
*/
public function device($deviceId, $actionName, $actionParam = null)
{
$client = $this->getClient();
$request = $client->getClient()->createRequest('GET', get_url("json.htm?type=command&param={$actionName}&idx={$deviceId}}&switchcmd=$actionParam"));
$response = $request->send();
$input = $response->json();
// convert to app format
$output = array('success' => ('OK' === $input['status'] ? true : false), 'errormsg' => ('ERR' === $input['status'] ? 'An error occured' : ''));
return Response::json($output);
}
/**
* Retrieve the list of the available devices.
* #return string Json formatted devices list.
*/
public function devices()
{
$client = $this->getClient();
$request = $client->getClient()->createRequest('GET', get_url('json.htm?type=devices&used=true'));
$response = $request->send();
$input = $response->json();
// convert to app format
$output = new stdClass();
$output->devices = array();
foreach ($input['result'] as $device) {
$output->devices[] = array (
'id' => $device['idx'],
'name' => $device['Name'],
'type' => 'DevSwitch',
'room' => null,
'params' => array(),
);
}
return Response::json($output);
}
maybe there is a better way to solve this, I would be glad to hear it.

Answer 2

If you let both routes use the same controller action, you need to make the parameters optional in the controller I think.
Try this public function device($deviceId = null, $actionName = null, $actionParam = null) and see if you still get the PHP strict error.
You can not have a route without parameters be redirected to a controller action that expects parameters. You can, on the other hand, make a route with parameters be redirected to a controller action with optional parameters (this does not mean that your route parameters need to be optional).