Module: Responders::FlashResponder

Defined in:
lib/responders/flash_responder.rb

Overview

Responder to automatically set flash messages based on I18n API. It checks for message based on the current action, but also allows defaults to be set, using the following order:

flash.controller_name.action_name.status
flash.actions.action_name.status

So, if you have a CarsController, create action, it will check for:

flash.cars.create.status
flash.actions.create.status

The statuses by default are :notice (when the object can be created, updated or destroyed with success) and :alert (when the objecy cannot be created or updated).

On I18n, the resource_name given is available as interpolation option, this means you can set:

flash:
  actions:
    create:
      notice: "Hooray! %{resource_name} was successfully created!"

But sometimes, flash messages are not that simple. Going back to cars example, you might want to say the brand of the car when it’s updated. Well, that’s easy also:

flash:
  cars:
    update:
      notice: "Hooray! You just tuned your %{car_brand}!"

Since :car_name is not available for interpolation by default, you have to overwrite interpolation_options in your controller.

def interpolation_options
  { :car_brand => @car.brand }
end

Then you will finally have:

'Hooray! You just tuned your Aston Martin!'

If your controller is namespaced, for example Admin::CarsController, the messages will be checked in the following order:

flash.admin.cars.create.status
flash.admin.actions.create.status
flash.cars.create.status
flash.actions.create.status

Options

FlashResponder also accepts some options through respond_with API.

  • :flash - When set to false, no flash message is set.

    respond_with(@user, :flash => true)

  • :notice - Supply the message to be set if the record has no errors.

  • :alert - Supply the message to be set if the record has errors.

    respond_with(@user, :notice => "Hooray! Welcome!", :alert => "Woot! You failed.")

  • :flash_now - Sets the flash message using flash.now. Accepts true, :on_failure or :on_sucess.

Configure status keys

As said previously, FlashResponder by default use :notice and :alert keys. You can change that by setting the status_keys:

Responders::FlashResponder.flash_keys = [ :success, :failure ]

However, the options :notice and :alert to respond_with are kept :notice and :alert.

Constant Summary collapse

@@flash_keys = 
[ :notice, :alert ]

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#initialize(controller, resources, options = {}) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/responders/flash_responder.rb', line 83

def initialize(controller, resources, options={})
  super
  @flash     = options.delete(:flash)
  @notice    = options.delete(:notice)
  @alert     = options.delete(:alert)
  @flash_now = options.delete(:flash_now)
end

#to_html ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/responders/flash_responder.rb', line 91

def to_html
  set_flash_message! if set_flash_message?
  super
end

#to_js ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/responders/flash_responder.rb', line 96

def to_js
  set_flash_message! if set_flash_message?
  defined?(super) ? super : to_format
end