Rails routing not working for case sensitive URLs

Question

After generating Pages Controller with this command -

>rails g controller Pages Home About Contact

and un comment the line match ':controller(/:action(/:id))(.:format)' at routes.rb File.

when I was accessing my URL like -

http://localhost:3000/pages/home

It throws error

Unknown action

The action 'home' could not be found for PagesController

However this was working if accessed like this -

http://localhost:3000/pages/Home

Small/Up case was my first thought so I installed route_downcaser as suggested HERE

Now the problem is both URLs are throwing same error -

http://localhost:3000/pages/home
http://localhost:3000/pages/Home

ERROR

Unknown action

The action 'home' could not be found for PagesController

Let me know how can I solve this error.

My project at Github - Github URL

Using Windows 7

Rails version - 3.2.9

EDIT

routes.rb file - 

Addbootstrap::Application.routes.draw do
  get "pages/Home"

  get "pages/About"

  get "pages/Contact"

  get "pages/Drop_Down"

  match ':controller(/:action(/:id))(.:format)'
end

Answer 1

In ruby you do not want to use upcased method names. Names starting with upcase letters are reserved for constants (classes/modules).

Aside from that, if you are using a gem that downcases your route from Home to home, and the method is named Home, then that is why it will fail. Make sure the method names are downcased.

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In case anyone is going to point this out, I'll preempt. CapsCase method names are valid in ruby, they are just not conventional, and may be confusing. As such are considered a BadIdea. The only really special thing about CapsCase names is when they are assigned a value, ruby will raise warnings if you try to assign it again.