Find and truncate a link from a text in Rails

Question

I'm looking for a way to truncate links displayed in my text.

Ie: <p><I want to share a link : http://www.itabc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Tools-for-Ruby-on-Rails-logo.jpg it rocks!</p>

Into : <p>I want to share a link : http://www.itabc.org/wp-con... it rocks!</p>

I want obviously to keep my href working.

Do you have any advice for me? I guess I need to create an helper.

EDIT:

The text ins't static in my views, I want to manage content posted by users in messages, so I have to find a way to truncate links automaticaly

thx

Rails has a truncate helper method: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TextHelper.html#method-i-truncate — Brian, Mar 18 '14 at 19:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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You can use the truncate helper:

= link_to truncate(text, length: 20), path

You can specify the number of characters and the omission (...), for example.

Edit

You need to combine what is suggested on this answers and the truncate method.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Mar 18 '14 at 19:37

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I have updated my answer with some guidance. I hope it's helpful. – backpackerhh Mar 19 '14 at 13:02

Find and truncate a link from a text in Rails

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