Creative routes guidelines

routes_guidelines.rb

# required libraries always in first lines
require 'resque/server'

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  # 1. External engines and services are mounted first
  mount RailsAdmin::Engine => '/super_admin', as: 'rails_admin'

  # 2. Always use "smart" redirects, conserving original parameters via http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16943169/rails-routes-how-to-pass-all-request-params-in-a-redirect
  get '', to: redirect{ |_, request| ["/#{I18n.locale}", request.params.to_query].reject(&:blank?).join("?") }
  
  # 3. root path is created by using the as: :root approach.
  get '/:locale', to: 'programs#index', constraints: { locale: /../ }, as: :root

  resources :api, only: :create
  
  namespace :admin do
    # 4. namespace "roots" are also created by using the as: :root approach.
    get '/', to: 'chats#index', as: :root
    
    # as: * is always placed last, via: *, if present, just before it.
    match '/realtime/purchases/:id/dialed' => 'realtime#purchases_dialed', via: [:post, :patch], as: 'purchases_dialed'

    resources :monitors do
      collection do
        get :users_archive
        get :users_current
      end
    end
  end
  
  # mount namespaced controllers on routes without it (via http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3029954/difference-between-scope-and-namespace-of-ruby-on-rails-3-routing)
  # assuming /controllers/secret_project/admin/blings_controller.rb
  scope module: "secret_project" do
    namespace :admin do
      root to: 'blings#index'
      
      resources :blings, only: :index do
        get :custom
        collection do
          get :report   
        end
      end
      
    end
  end
  
  # 5. catch-all at the end
  match "*path", to: redirect('/'), via: :all
end