Manzoori (ਮੰਜੂਰੀ)

ਮੰਜੂਰੀ (manzoori) : Let's you add an approval process on top of your models/objects. Assume you have an object which is in an approved state, you want any subsequent changes to this model to go into a review queue and have someone review these changes until they are actually committed to the object.

Installation

Rails 3 & 4

1. Add manzoori to your Gemfile.

   gem 'manzoori'

2. Generate a migration which will add a pending_approvals table to your database.

   bundle exec rails generate manzoori:install

3. Run the migration.

   bundle exec rake db:migrate

4. Add requires_approval to the models you want to track.

API Summary

When you declare requires_approval in your model, you get these methods:

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  requires_approval   # you can pass various options here
end

# check if this object requires any approval?
article.pending_approval?

# require approval when changed
article = Article.new(title: 'The Illuminati')
article.save

article.title = 'Title that should go through an approval process'
article.save

article.title 
=> 'The Illuminate'
'The Illuminati'

article.pending_approval? 
=> true

article.pending_approvals.last.object_changes 
=> {"title"=>["The Illuminati", "Title that should go through an approval process"] }

article.pending_approvals.last.approve_changes
article.title
=> "Title that should go through an approval process"

article.pending_approvals.last.reject_changes
article.title
=> "The Illuminati"

article.pending_approvals?
=> false

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  requires_approval skip_attributes: [:updated_at, :created_at]
end

article.touch
article.pending_approvals?
=> false

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  requires_approval if: :author_is_reviewer?, skip_attributes: [:updated_at, :created_at]

  def author_is_reviewer?
    author.role == 'reviewer'
  end

end

admin = Author.new(name: 'Jasdeep', role: 'admin')
article = Article.new(title: 'The Illuminati', author: admin)
article.save

article.title = 'Some New Title'
article.save
=> true

article.title
=> 'Some New Title'

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality.

You get extra attention, if your PR includes specs/tests.

1. Fork or clone the project.
2. Create your feature branch ($ git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Install the dependencies by doing: $ bundle install in the project directory.
4. Add your bug fixes or new feature code.
   • New features should include new specs/tests.
   • Bug fixes should ideally include exposing specs/tests.
5. Commit your changes ($ git commit -am 'Add some feature')
6. Push to the branch ($ git push origin my-new-feature)
7. Open your Pull Request!

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Jasdeep Singh (Metaware Labs Inc)

Licensed under the MIT license.