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I would map a root dispatch_controller to root (/) and glob the routes, the first being client id, the second being the generated token
Well, doing anything with how your routes are generated would be handled in the routes.rb file. A simple example(not realistic without more detailed info):
in routes.rb: map.connect ':clientID/:random_token ',
:controller => 'my_controller',
:action => 'my_action'
in view: link_to 'my_link', :controller => 'my_controller', :action => 'my_action', :clientID => params[:client_id], :random_token => params[:random_token]
I hope this gets you headed down the right path.
I am creating a tinyurl clone based off of Robby Rusell's Rubyurl. The purpose of the app is to not only shrink the size of a URL, but to also track how the new URL is being used. For example, if I wanted to create a new tiny URL to be used on behalf of one of my clients, I'd want to somehow pass a client ID to the new tiny URL so that it would look something like this: www.rubyurlclone.com/clientID/random_token
Question: how do I insert that clientID? Having a hard time wrapping my brain around this one.
Thanks! n'cho
