Module: SluggableDoug

Extended by:
ActiveSupport::Concern
Defined in:
lib/sluggable_doug.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: ClassMethods

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#append_suffix(str, count) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/sluggable_doug.rb', line 22

def append_suffix(str, count)
  if str.split('-').last.to_i != 0 #if the last item in the string is not a number

    #split the string on the dashes, slice off the last item, rejoin on the dashes, 

    return str.split('-').slice(0...-1).join('-') + "-" + count.to_s 
   else
    return str + "-" + count.to_s #just add -count to the end

  end
end

#generate_slug! ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/sluggable_doug.rb', line 9

def generate_slug!
  the_slug = to_slug(self.send(self.class.slug_column.to_sym)) #turn the current post title into a slug

  
  object = self.class.find_by slug: the_slug #try to find the object with the slug we just created

  count = 2
  while object && object != self #while there is an object and it's not equal to the current object

    the_slug = append_suffix(the_slug, count) #detirmine the proper suffix and add it to slug

    object = self.class.find_by slug: the_slug #see if there is a post with the new slug

    count += 1
  end
  self.slug = the_slug.downcase # assign the new slug to the object in lowercase

end

#to_param ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/sluggable_doug.rb', line 38

def to_param
  self.slug
end

#to_slug(name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/sluggable_doug.rb', line 31

def to_slug(name)
  str = name.strip
  str.gsub!(/\s*[^A-Za-z0-9]\s*/ , '-')
  str.gsub!(/-+/, '-')
  str.downcase
end