module UsernameSuggester module SuggestionsFor def self.included(base) base.send :extend, ClassMethods end module ClassMethods # Creates method to generate suggestions for an username attributes. Example: # # suggestions_for :username, :num_suggestions => 5, # :first_name_attribute => :first, :last_name_attribute => last # # will creates a "username_suggestions" method which generates suggestions of usernames based on first name # and last name # # Available options are: # :attribute:: The name of the attribute for storing username. Default is :username # :first_name_attribute:: The attribute which stores the first name. Default is :first_name # :last_name_attribute:: The attribute which stores the last name. Default is :last_name # :num_suggestions:: Maximum suggestions generated. Default is 10 # :validate: An Proc object which takes in an username and return true if this is an validate username # :exclude: An array of strings that should not be suggested # def suggestions_for(attribute = :username, option_hash = {}) options = { :first_name_attribute => :first_name, :last_name_attribute => :last_name, :num_suggestions => 5, :exclude => [] }.merge(option_hash) define_method "#{attribute}_suggestions" do suggester = Suggester.new(send(options[:first_name_attribute]), send(options[:last_name_attribute])) suggestions_to_search = suggester.name_combinations.map { |s| "#{s}%" } t = self.class.arel_table unavailable_choices = self.class.find_by_sql(t.project(t[attribute]) .where(t[attribute].matches_any(suggestions_to_search).and(t[:id].not_eq(self.id))).to_sql) .map(&attribute).map(&:downcase).uniq options[:exclude] += unavailable_choices suggester.suggest(options) end end end end end ActiveRecord::Base.send :include, UsernameSuggester::SuggestionsFor