Controllers

Overview

Suppose we wanted to add routes to our Padrino application, and we want to organize a set of related routes within a more structured grouping. Padrino has the notion of a 'controller' block which can group related routes and make URL generation much easier. Simply add a controllers.rb file or app/controllers folder and create a file as such:

# app/controllers/main.rb or controllers.rb

SimpleApp.controller do
  get '/test' do
    'Text to return'
  end

  get '/sample' do
    'Sample Route'
  end
end

In this case, the controller merely acts as a structured grouping mechanism to allow better organization of routes. Controllers actually have other benefits as well when used in conjunction with the enhanced Padrino routing system.

• Routing
• Layouts
• Provides Formats
• Route Filters
• Prioritized Routes
• Custom Conditions
• Parsing Params
• Rendering
• Sessions
• Params Whitelisting

last updated: 2025-12-02