require 'open3' require 'active_model' require 'active_model/validations' class CssValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator VENDOR_DIR = File.join(File.expand_path('../..', __FILE__), 'vendor') def validate_each(record, attribute, value) java_path = `which java`.rstrip raise 'You do not have a Java installed, but it is required.' unless java_path && !java_path.empty? return if options[:allow_nil] && value.nil? return if options[:allow_blank] && value.blank? css_file = Tempfile.new(['css', '.css']) css_file.write(value) css_file.close cmd = "#{java_path} -jar #{VENDOR_DIR}/js.jar #{VENDOR_DIR}/csslint-rhino.js --quiet #{css_file.path}" Open3.popen3(cmd) do |stdin, stdout, stderr| result = stdout.read if result =~ /error/ record.errors.add attribute, (options[:message] || 'is invalid') end end ensure css_file.unlink if css_file # deletes the temp file end end