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Routes Tool

The routes tool 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 /articles/edit/1

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

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

Testing URL Generation

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

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