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Routes Shell

New in version 3.1: The RoutesShell was added in 3.1

The RoutesShell provides a simple to use CLI interface for testing and debugging routes. You can use it to test how routes are parsed, and what URLs routing parameters will generate.

Getting a List of all Routes

bin/cake routes

Testing URL parsing

You can quickly see how a URL will be parsed using the check method:

bin/cake routes check /bookmarks/edit/1

If your route contains any query string parameters remember to surround the URL in quotes:

bin/cake routes check "/bookmarks/?page=1&sort=title&direction=desc"

Testing URL Generation

You can see how which URL a routing array will generate using the generate method:

bin/cake routes generate controller:Bookmarks action:edit 1