Rack::Downcase
Rack::Downcase is a Rack application the downcases the path of every GET request and performs a 301 redirect.
Why? We have other rack middleware that depends on lowercase paths, so we cannot rely on alternative solutions that downcase in the router but do not redirect.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'rack-downcase'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install rack-downcase
Usage
Rails
config/application.rb
config.middleware.insert_before(0, "Rack::Downcase")
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/desiringgod/rack-downcase.
Alternate Solutions
- https://github.com/carstengehling/route_downcaser downcases paths in the router but does not redirect
- https://rubygems.org/gems/rack-case-insensitive-routes downcases paths in the router but does not redirect
Acknowledgements
- Basic structure and strategies adapted from https://github.com/gregorym/rack_slashless