thojanssens1
Why can I pass a struct to the route path helper?
Hello 
In the router.ex file, I have the following route:
resources "/users", UserController
In a Controller, I can use the route path helper:
redirect(to: Routes.user_path(conn, :show, user))
Why does it work? user is a struct, but the path/url will contain an id.
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wolfiton
They are functions that accepts structs and converts them
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/master/lib/phoenix/router/helpers.ex
Scroll down to helpers comment and examine the functions you will see conn structs and endpoints structs
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thojanssens1
Thank you! This is where the code tries to find the value from the struct:
https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/blob/master/lib/phoenix/param.ex#L84
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