[Flow] Routes and optional arguments/parameters

[Søren Malling]

Hi,

I'm writing my own API at the moment for a project and I'm in the part of
configuring my routes. You can find the routes nicely formatted here

https://gist.github.com/sorenmalling/6974030

or read them here

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-
  name : 'API'
  uriPattern: 'api/{@action}(/{object})'
  acceptedHttpMethods: ['POST', 'GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE']
  appendExceedingArguments: TRUE
  defaults:
    '@package': 'Vender.Package'
    '@controller': 'Rest'
    '@format': 'json'
-
  name : 'API'
  uriPattern: 'api'
  acceptedHttpMethods: ['GET']
  appendExceedingArguments: TRUE
  defaults:
    '@package': 'Vendor.Package'
    '@controller': 'Rest'
    '@format': 'json'
    '@action': 'help'

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The aim here, is to have a fallback (/api) that will show a help message.
The fallback should only be reached if no URL in the form of

/api/team or /api/team/objectUUID os called. There is a "teamAction" inside
my RestController

When I write the /api address i get the help function and the returned JSON
but when i add the "@action" like this

http://host.tld/api/team

I get this error in return

No controller could be resolved which would match your request. Package
key: "api", controller name: "team". (GET http://host.tld/api/team)
(reference code: 201310141309521a1734)

But, if I add the optional "object" the request goes through to the
teamAction and I get my output. What part of my Routes configuration is
wrong here?

Or, does a better way to write Routes for a Rest API exist?

Cheers

Søren