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str_enum

Don’t like storing enums as integers in your database? Introducing...

String enums for Rails!! 🎉

  • scopes
  • validations
  • accessor methods
  • update methods

Build Status

Getting Started

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem "str_enum"

Add a string column to your model.

add_column :users, :status, :string

And use:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  str_enum :status, [:active, :archived]
end

The first value will be the initial value. This gives you:

Scopes

User.active
User.archived

And negative scopes

User.not_active
User.not_archived

Validations

user = User.new(status: "unknown")
user.valid? # false

Accessor Methods

user.active?
user.archived?

Update Methods

user.active!
user.archived!

Forms

<%= f.select :status, User.statuses.map { |s| [s.titleize, s] } %>

Options

Choose which features you want with (default values shown):

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  str_enum :status, [:active, :archived],
    accessor_methods: true,
    allow_nil: false,
    default: true,
    prefix: false,
    scopes: true,
    suffix: false,
    update_methods: true,
    validate: true
end

Prevent method name collisions with the prefix and suffix options.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  str_enum :address_status, [:active, :archived], suffix: :address
end

# scopes
User.active_address
User.archived_address

# accessor methods
user.active_address?
user.archived_address?

# update methods
user.active_address!
user.archived_address!

History

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Contributing

Everyone is encouraged to help improve this project. Here are a few ways you can help:

To get started with development and testing:

git clone https://github.com/ankane/str_enum.git
cd str_enum
bundle install
bundle exec rake test