FriendlyId is the "Swiss Army bulldozer" of slugging and permalink plugins for Ruby on Rails. It allows you to create pretty URL's and work with human-friendly strings as if they were numeric ids for Active Record models.
Questions tagged [friendly-id]
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Have friendly_id slugs only applied if condition x
I have friendly_id applied and working but now I dont want it to add a slug if the key_type is 4
currently I have
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :value, :use => :scoped, :scope => [:category_item_key, :category_item]
and tired applying an if…
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Trying to .slice data in the model before it is saved to the db but it isn't working
I'm trying to have the slug length be less than 20 if the key_type is 4.
In the model I have
validate :text_slug_length
def text_slug_length
if key_type == 4
slug.slice(0, 19)
end
end
But this doesn't throw any errors but also doesnt work.…
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Set FriendlyID slug for relationship table in Ruby on Rails
I want to set slug from relationship table name How can I?
For example
Patient Table Info
Id
contact_id
...
Contact Table Info
FirstName - String
LastName - String
...
Patient Model Having below code
extend FriendlyId
friendly_id :full_name, use:…
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Trouble accessing attributes of associated read only model
I'm using the friendly_id gem to generate slugs.
I have a model like this
class Veterinarian < ApplicationRecord
extend FriendlyId
belongs_to :user
has_one :profile, through: :user
friendly_id :slug_string, use: :slugged
def…
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Couldn't find Weekly without an ID (Deleting in Rails)
In my app I have models called weeklies and scores. Each weekly has_many scores and each score belongs_to a weekly and a user. I have the create and show methods working just fine, but when I try to delete a score I get Couldn't find Weekly without…
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How to get actual post.id while using friendly_id
I currently have my post model using friendly_id to replace Post.id with Post.pid:
friendly_id :pid, :use => :scoped, :scope => :id
How can I get the actual id of a post instead of the slug so that when a reply saves it saves Post.id and not…
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freindly_id returns 0 for named url
Using the line:
@post = Post.friendly.where!(:board_id=>params[:board_id]).find(params[:id])
to separate posts :board_id returns a 0 when the url is /board1/thread/1/, but returns the correct value of 1 when the url is /1/thread/1/
How can I get the…
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friendly id path in checkbox_tag rails 4
I'm currently getting this in my checkboxes data-url "/todos?id=f483e4a8cb1a728f" when it should just be "/todos/f483e4a8cb1a728f" I'm using friendly id for the random slugs.
Currently I'm calling it as data: { remote: true, url:…
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FriendlyId returning duplicate slugs for STI sub classes
I am using Rails 4.1.14.2 and FriendlyId 5.0.3
I have a Project class that has multiple Topics. Topic slugs need to be unique across all topics within the same project.
My routes are like localhost/:project/sub-topic-slug
Topics class uses…
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Random slug url for friendly id gem in Rails 4
Has anyone ever used random_slug (https://github.com/josei/random_slug) for friendly_id? It was last updated 5 years ago so I'm not sure if it's a waste of time to try it out or even if there is a better solution?
Basically I have friendly_id…
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Ruby on Rails 4 - FriendlyID ID's based on users?
Is it possible to separate IDs on a per user basis? For example;
I set up devise for users and friendly ID for nice slugs rather than 1, 2, 3 etc.
However, if two users make a todo with the same name, then it's still counted as a duplicate even if…
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breadcrumbs_on_rails compatibility with Friendly ID
I'm using breadcrumbs_on_rails and Friendly ID in one of my projects.
def show
@section = Section.friendly.find(params[:id])
add_breadcrumb 'Introduction', section_path(@section)
end
This doesn't return an active link in the html, just plain…
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Rails Friendly_id error when Field Blank
I have the friendly_id initializer to shorten the value if there is a duplicate value in the database.
# over writing the conflict slug
module FriendlyId
module Slugged
def resolve_friendly_id_conflict(candidates)
candidates.first +…
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Rails activerecord - cannot access column slug
I have decided to add slugs to my URLs, I added a column named "slug", created migration, successfully migrate it, verified the existence of a column in the database:
But I am unable to create records because I get a following error:
NoMethodError:…
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Fliendly_ID - URL not being displayed
I am new to ROR and working on a small project. Recently I added the friendly ID gems and followed the instruction on the documentation. But I can't seem to get the URL working. I added the friendly id to communities model which is basically your…
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