I've never done something like this before (routing to application controller), but weeks ago I saw this project in this mail list
https://github.com/devton/whatismyvideoid and in its routes file he made something like you mentioned. Maybe you can use it as an example. Javier Q. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.