Using URLs with public IDs

[krystof-k]

We're using integer IDs as primary keys and UUIDs for public IDs in multiple models. I'd like to be able to link a to certain record in Avo using the UUID from a 3rd party service:

https://domain.tld/dashboard/resources/customers/b62d1523-cf7b-4aa1-a2ef-127d0b6a446d

Which of course doesn't work now as it expects the integer ID:

https://domain.tld/dashboard/resources/customers/1

Is this something that may be added as a feature? Or is there any workaround how to achieve this?

All I could come up with is to use search, which I've configured to work with both IDs exact match, but that is not possible to link to – if I could do something like:

https://domain.tld/dashboard/resources/customers?q=b62d1523-cf7b-4aa1-a2ef-127d0b6a446d

That would probably be fine, as it is just one more click.

Thanks!

[krystof-k]

OK, I might have found a workaround.

I just added a new route:

Rails.application.routes.draw do
  authenticate :user, ->(user) { user.super_admin? } do
    mount Avo::Engine, at: Avo.configuration.root_path

    scope Avo.configuration.root_path, module: "avo" do
      get "l/:resources/:id", to: "redirect#redirect", as: "dashboard_permalink"
    end
  end

and a controller:

# app/controllers/avo/redirect_controller.rb

class Avo::RedirectController < ApplicationController
  def redirect
    avo_resource_name = params[:resources].singularize
    avo_resource_class_name = "Avo::Resources::#{avo_resource_name.classify}"
    avo_resource_class = avo_resource_class_name.safe_constantize

    return redirect_to Avo::Engine.routes.url_helpers.root_path, alert: "Resource `#{avo_resource_class_name}` doesn't exist." unless avo_resource_class.present?

    id = params[:id]
    model_class = avo_resource_class.model_class

    if model_class.has_attribute?(:public_id)
      record = model_class.find_by!(public_id: id)
    else
      record = model_class.find(id)
    end

    avo_path = Avo::Engine.routes.url_helpers.public_send(:"resources_#{avo_resource_name}_path", record.id)
    redirect_to avo_path
  end
end

And now I can do e.g. /dashboard/l/customers/b62d1523-cf7b-4aa1-a2ef-127d0b6a446d.

Well, sorted out for me as of now, but maybe still worth a shot being able to handle public IDs somehow directly in Avo.

[adrianthedev]

Yes! I think this is a very elegant solution.
Thanks for sharing!