Many default routes in rails 6?

Question

How do I remove the default routes in Rails 6?

I just installed Rails 6.0.0 and ran 'rails new blog'. I went to take a look at the routes and found a ton of routes (see below). I've tried creating several new projects and they all have the same default routes.

$ rake routes

Prefix Verb   URI Pattern                                                                          Controller#Action
        rails_mandrill_inbound_emails POST   /rails/action_mailbox/mandrill/inbound_emails(.:format)                                  action_mailbox/ingresses/mandrill/inbound_emails#create
        rails_postmark_inbound_emails POST   /rails/action_mailbox/postmark/inbound_emails(.:format)                                  action_mailbox/ingresses/postmark/inbound_emails#create
           rails_relay_inbound_emails POST   /rails/action_mailbox/relay/inbound_emails(.:format)                                     action_mailbox/ingresses/relay/inbound_emails#create
        rails_sendgrid_inbound_emails POST   /rails/action_mailbox/sendgrid/inbound_emails(.:format)                                  action_mailbox/ingresses/sendgrid/inbound_emails#create
         rails_mailgun_inbound_emails POST   /rails/action_mailbox/mailgun/inbound_emails/mime(.:format)                              action_mailbox/ingresses/mailgun/inbound_emails#create
       rails_conductor_inbound_emails GET    /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails(.:format)                                 rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#index
                                      POST   /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails(.:format)                                 rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#create
    new_rails_conductor_inbound_email GET    /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails/new(.:format)                             rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#new
   edit_rails_conductor_inbound_email GET    /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails/:id/edit(.:format)                        rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#edit
        rails_conductor_inbound_email GET    /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails/:id(.:format)                             rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#show
                                      PATCH  /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails/:id(.:format)                             rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#update
                                      PUT    /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails/:id(.:format)                             rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#update
                                      DELETE /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails/:id(.:format)                             rails/conductor/action_mailbox/inbound_emails#destroy
rails_conductor_inbound_email_reroute POST   /rails/conductor/action_mailbox/:inbound_email_id/reroute(.:format)                      rails/conductor/action_mailbox/reroutes#create
                   rails_service_blob GET    /rails/active_storage/blobs/:signed_id/*filename(.:format)                               active_storage/blobs#show
            rails_blob_representation GET    /rails/active_storage/representations/:signed_blob_id/:variation_key/*filename(.:format) active_storage/representations#show
                   rails_disk_service GET    /rails/active_storage/disk/:encoded_key/*filename(.:format)                              active_storage/disk#show
            update_rails_disk_service PUT    /rails/active_storage/disk/:encoded_token(.:format)                                      active_storage/disk#update
                 rails_direct_uploads POST   /rails/active_storage/direct_uploads(.:format)                                           active_storage/direct_uploads#create

I was expecting at most 1 route (index page).

Answer 1

You can remove the actionmailbox functionality completely from an existing app (if you are upgrading rails or if you already ran rails new) by expanding the line in your application.rb file that requires rails/all. This file just includes the default rails libraries. Have a look.

By replacing this line, you'll not only exclude the routes but also prevent your app from loading code that never gets used.

Here's an example, showing the top portion of my application.rb file:

# config/application.rb

require_relative 'boot'

# Check out what rails/all.rb is currently expanded to:
#  https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/railties/lib/rails/all.rb
# Replace `require 'rails/all'` with just the libs that you want and 
# exclude the rest
require 'active_record/railtie'
# require 'active_storage/engine'
require 'action_controller/railtie'
require 'action_view/railtie'
require 'action_mailer/railtie'
require 'active_job/railtie'
require 'action_cable/engine'
# require 'action_mailbox/engine'
require 'action_text/engine'
require 'rails/test_unit/railtie'
require 'sprockets/railtie'

# the rest of your initialization follows here ...

Answer 2

I just hit this as well. If you add this code to your config/application.rb, it will remove those routes:

require_relative 'boot'

require 'rails/all'

# Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems
# you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)

module YourApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # Initialize configuration defaults for originally generated Rails version.
    config.load_defaults 6.0

    # CODE YOU SHOULD ADD vvvvvv
    initializer(:remove_action_mailbox_and_activestorage_routes, after: :add_routing_paths) { |app|
      app.routes_reloader.paths.delete_if {|path| path =~ /activestorage/}
      app.routes_reloader.paths.delete_if {|path| path =~ /actionmailbox/ }
    }
    # CODE YOU SHOULD ADD ^^^^^^^^

    # Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
    # Application configuration can go into files in config/initializers
    # -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded after loading
    # the framework and any gems in your application.
  end
end

From what I can tell, this uses a private API to access the files that will create these routes and removes them from the path. I have no idea if this will remove them from production or not, and since it's a private API it'll likely break later, but at least it cleans up the output of bin/rails routes.