Module LuckySneaks::ActsAsUrl::ClassMethods
In: lib/lucky_sneaks/acts_as_url.rb

Methods

Public Instance methods

Creates a callback to automatically create an url-friendly representation of the attribute argument. Example:

  act_as_url :title

will use the string contents of the title attribute to create the permalink. <strong>Note:</strong> you can also use a non-database-backed method to supply the string contents for the permalink. Just use that method‘s name as the argument as you would an attribute.

The default attribute acts_as_url uses to save the permalink is url but this can be changed in the options hash. Available options are:

:url_attribute:The name of the attribute to use for storing the generated url string. Default is :url
:scope:The name of model attribute to scope unique urls to. There is no default here.
:only_when_blank:If true, the url generation will only happen when :url_attribute is blank. Default is false (meaning url generation will happen always)
:sync_url:If set to true, the url field will be updated when changes are made to the attribute it is based on. Default is false.

Initialize the url fields for the records that need it. Designed for people who add acts_as_url support once there‘s already development/production data they‘d like to keep around.

Note: This method can get very expensive, very fast. If you‘re planning on using this on a large selection, you will get much better results writing your own version with using pagination.

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