validates_im

Instant messenger account validations for ActiveRecord

validates_im is a simple gem that gives you some EachValidators that you can use to validate instant messenger account names in your Rails 3.0 application. Validators are provided for the most common IM services, like AIM, Yahoo! IM, and Skype.

Important Note: This gem is for Rails+ 3 only.

To install, simply add this gem to your Rails project's @Gemfile@:

gem "validates_im"

The IM validators are EachValidators, meant to be used with the validates method. An example:

validates :screen_name,
          aim:      true,
          presence: true

The name of the symbol key is taken from the name of the validator; as such, The XboxLiveValidator would be invoked using :xbox_live. See the {AccountNameValidator} class docs for more information.

The localization keys for validation errors are listed in the documentation for each validator class.