REST API的用户资源

Question

I am using the devise gem for rails .

The default routes generated for users include some of the following routes:

    new_user_password GET    /users/password/new(.:format)                                                            devise/passwords#new
   edit_user_password GET    /users/password/edit(.:format)                                                           devise/passwords#edit
        user_password PATCH  /users/password(.:format)                                                                devise/passwords#update
                      PUT    /users/password(.:format)                                                                devise/passwords#update
                      POST   /users/password(.:format)                                                                devise/passwords#create

I'm trying to understand why they didn't use /users/:id/password , etc.?

For example, I'm adding a user preference route. I can follow the same logic and make something like /users/preferences but it feels like it should be /users/:id/preferences based on the currently logged in users. However, I'm trying to keep everything similar and devise already set the precedent unless I change it.

Answer 1

You could do /users/:id/preferences . But, params[:user_id] will (presumably) equal current_user.id . So, it's a bit redundant.

Instead, you can just do /users/preferences and access the relevant id from current_user . (Which, if you like this sort of thing, obscures the current user's id by not including it in the url.)