In Rails 3, how do I get the path of a controller's `index` action?

Question

In my routes.rb :

get 'contact/index'

If it matters, contact is a controller with only an index method; it does not have a corresponding model.

In my layout file:

<%= link_to 'Contact', contact_path %>

This is the error I'm getting:

undefined local variable or method `contact_path'

Do I have to give my route an alias? If so, how would I do that?

Answer 1

You need to make it a named route. For instance:

match 'contact' => 'contact#index', :as => :contact

I don't know if you actually want to have "index" in the URL, so I removed it. You also need to map your URL at the corresponding controller & action.