How to include id in slug using friendly_id

Question

I am using friendly_id gem to have pretty urls in my application.I want an url like:

localhost:3000/posts/1/my-first-post

I want to do it using the friendly_id gem as i want to use the History module to avoid 404 error.I have tried but can't include the id in the slug.The code i am using is follows:

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base

    extend FriendlyId
    friendly_id :pretty_url, use: [:slugged, :history]

    def pretty_url
        "#{id}/#{title}"
    end
end

But it is not including the id in the slug.Rather it is using the slug as if only title is used.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '16 at 14:58

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The id of Post is set after the entry is saved. pretty_url doesn't work because the id doesn't exist yet.

You can get this behaviour without using the friendly_id gem by doing:

def to_param
  "#{id} #{title}".parameterize
end

answered Feb 17 '16 at 14:58

BillyBib

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '15 at 20:35

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I think I remember reading somewhere that FriendlyId runs into issues with slashes within your slug function. Try "#{id}-#{title}" instead to see if that's the case.

answered Jun 01 '15 at 20:35

Synergist

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yes i have also tried that but still the id is not showing. – ananyo2012 Jun 02 '15 at 06:16
Are you seeing "-title" or "title"? If it's the former, then your id mapping could be at flaw. If it's the latter, then....idk to be honest – Synergist Jun 02 '15 at 12:58

How to include id in slug using friendly_id

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