ActsAsLiked

Add like feature to any Active Record models through polymorphic association. Designate any models to act as a Liker or Likeable.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'acts_as_liked'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Run generator:

$ rails generate acts_as_liked

And don't forget to migrate your database

$ rake db:migrate

Usage

Likeable models

Add acts_as_likeable to any models, and its instances can be liked by other models.

class Food < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_likeable
end

Liker models

Add acts_as_liker to any models, and it can like instances of other models.

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_liker
end

API

Liker:

# Creates a new like record for @user, and @post
@user.like(@post)

# Destroys the like record
@user.unlike(@post)

# Check if @user has liked @post
@user.liked?(@post) # Check if the user has liked the post

Likeable:

# Count the number of likes of @post
@post.like_count

# Check if @post is liked by @user
@post.liked_by?(@user)

Contributing

Issues and pull reqeusts are welcomed.