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# Routers

> Resource routing allows you to quickly declare all of the common routes for a given resourceful controller. Instead of declaring separate routes for your index... a resourceful route declares them in a single line of code.
>
> &mdash; [Ruby on Rails Documentation][cite]

Some Web frameworks such as Rails provide functionality for automatically determining how the URLs for an application should be mapped to the logic that deals with handling incoming requests.

REST framework adds support for automatic URL routing to Django, and provides you with a simple, quick and consistent way of wiring your view logic to a set of URLs.

## Usage

Here's an example of a simple URL conf, that uses `DefaultRouter`.

    router = routers.DefaultRouter()
    router.register(r'users', UserViewSet, 'user')
    router.register(r'accounts', AccountViewSet, 'account')
    urlpatterns = router.urls

# API Guide

## SimpleRouter

<table border=1>
    <tr><th>URL Style</th><th>HTTP Method</th><th>Action</th><th>URL Name</th></tr>
    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/</td><td>GET</td><td>list</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-list</td></tr></tr>
    <tr><td>POST</td><td>create</td></tr>
    <tr><td rowspan=4>{prefix}/{lookup}/</td><td>GET</td><td>retrieve</td><td rowspan=4>{basename}-detail</td></tr></tr>
    <tr><td>PUT</td><td>update</td></tr>
    <tr><td>PATCH</td><td>partial_update</td></tr>
    <tr><td>DELETE</td><td>destroy</td></tr>
    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/{lookup}/{methodname}/</td><td>GET</td><td>@link decorated method</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-{methodname}</td></tr>
    <tr><td>POST</td><td>@action decorated method</td></tr>
</table>

## DefaultRouter

<table border=1>
    <tr><th>URL Style</th><th>HTTP Method</th><th>Action</th><th>URL Name</th></tr>
    <tr><td>[.format]</td><td>GET</td><td>automatically generated root view</td><td>api-root</td></tr></tr>
    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/[.format]</td><td>GET</td><td>list</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-list</td></tr></tr>
    <tr><td>POST</td><td>create</td></tr>
    <tr><td rowspan=4>{prefix}/{lookup}/[.format]</td><td>GET</td><td>retrieve</td><td rowspan=4>{basename}-detail</td></tr></tr>
    <tr><td>PUT</td><td>update</td></tr>
    <tr><td>PATCH</td><td>partial_update</td></tr>
    <tr><td>DELETE</td><td>destroy</td></tr>
    <tr><td rowspan=2>{prefix}/{lookup}/{methodname}/[.format]</td><td>GET</td><td>@link decorated method</td><td rowspan=2>{basename}-{methodname}</td></tr>
    <tr><td>POST</td><td>@action decorated method</td></tr>
</table>

# Custom Routers


[cite]: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html