helper to create all routes

lib/merged/engine.rb

@@ -31,6 +31,35 @@ module Merged
         config.assets.precompile << kid
       end
     end
-
+  end
+end
+
+module ActionDispatch::Routing
+  class Mapper
+
+    # merged_routes will draw neccessary routes and possibly mount engine
+    # This includes:
+    # post  /form for form processing
+    # get   /news/:id for any news posts
+    # get   /:id      for any pages
+    # root to /index unless options[:root] == false
+    # mount the engine (make editing possible) unless production
+    #                  or oprions[:production] == true  (not recommended)
+    def merged_routes options = {}
+      Rails.application.routes.draw do
+        if options[:root]
+          root "merged/view#page" , id: 'index'
+        end
+
+        post "/form" , to: "merged/form#post" , as: :post_form
+        get "/news/:id" , to: "merged/view#page" , id: :id , as: :view_blog
+        get ":id" , to: "merged/view#page" , id: :id , as: :view_page
+
+        engine_path = options[:path] || "/merged"
+        if ! Rails.env.production? or !options[:production].truthy?
+          mount Merged::Engine => engine_path
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end

test/dummy/config/routes.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  mount Merged::Engine => "/merged"
 
-  get ":id" , to: "merged/view#page" , id: :id
+  merged_routes
   
   get :destroy_member_session , to: "merged/view#page"
 end