wheels-controller-generator

name	Wheels Controller Generator
description	Generate Wheels MVC controllers with CRUD actions, filters, parameter verification, and proper rendering. Use when creating or modifying controllers, adding actions, implementing filters for authentication/authorization, handling form submissions, or rendering views/JSON. Ensures proper Wheels conventions and prevents common controller errors.

Wheels Controller Generator

When to Use This Skill

Activate automatically when:

• User requests to create a new controller (e.g., "create a Users controller")
• User wants to add CRUD actions (index, show, new, create, edit, update, delete)
• User needs filters (beforeAction/afterAction)
• User wants authentication or authorization
• User is implementing API endpoints
• User mentions: controller, action, filter, CRUD, API, JSON, render, redirect

Critical Patterns

✅ CORRECT Controller Structure

component extends="Controller" {

    function config() {
        // Parameter verification
        verifies(only="show,edit,update,delete", params="key", paramsTypes="integer");

        // Filters
        filters(through="findResource", only="show,edit,update,delete");
        filters(through="requireAuth", except="index,show");
    }

    // Public action methods
    function index() {
        resources = model("Resource").findAll(order="createdAt DESC");
    }

    // Private filter methods
    private function findResource() {
        resource = model("Resource").findByKey(key=params.key);
        if (!isObject(resource)) {
            flashInsert(error="Resource not found");
            redirectTo(action="index");
        }
    }
}

❌ ANTI-PATTERNS to Avoid

Don't mix argument styles:

// ❌ WRONG
resource = model("Resource").findByKey(params.key, include="comments");

// ✅ CORRECT
resource = model("Resource").findByKey(key=params.key, include="comments");

Don't forget parameter verification: