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require 'csv'

module UsefulRenderers
  module CsvRenderable

    # Converts an array to CSV formatted string
    # Options include:
    # :only => [:col1, :col2]   # Specify which columns to include
    # :except => [:col1, :col2] # Specify which columns to exclude
    # :translate => boolean     # Translate headers

    def to_csv(options = {})
      klass = first.class
      return '' if empty?
      return join(',') unless klass.respond_to? :column_names

      columns = options[:only] ? options[:only].map(&:to_s) : klass.column_names
      columns -= options[:except].map(&:to_s) if options[:except]

      headers = columns.dup
      headers.map!{|col| klass.human_attribute_name col } if options[:translate]

      csv_options = {
        encoding: 'utf-8',
        headers: headers,
        write_headers: true
      }

      CSV.generate(csv_options) do |row|
        self.each do |obj|
          row << columns.map do |column|
            column.to_s.split('.').inject(obj) { |o, m| o.try(m) }
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
useful_renderers-0.3.0	lib/useful_renderers/csv_renderable.rb
useful_renderers-0.2.0	lib/useful_renderers/csv_renderable.rb