# MakeTaggable [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/make_taggable.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/make_taggable) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/MatthewKennedy/make_taggable.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/MatthewKennedy/make_taggable) [![Ruby Style Guide](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-standard-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/testdouble/standard) MakeTaggable is a fork of acts-as-taggable-on v6.5 with code updates and a new set of migrations. All credit goes to those who contributed before acts-as-taggable-on became MakeTaggable: Michael Bleigh & Joost Baaij. Why fork acts-as-taggable-on? Act As Taggable On appears stuck with a set of legacy migrations from rails pre [4.2] that added and removed indexes so much that the migrations do not run on a fresh install using MySQL. For the PostgreSQL users, this is not an issue, but if you have an app or gem that used acts-as-taggable-on, you can no longer test against MySQL, so it seems a fresh start would be useful to clear out any legacy issues and move forward. ## Installation To use make_taggable, run the followng from the root of your application: ```shell bundle add make_taggable ``` #### Post Installation Install migrations ```shell # For the latest versions : rails make_taggable_engine:install:migrations ``` Review the generated migrations then migrate : ```shell rails db:migrate ``` #### For MySql users You can circumvent at any time the problem of special characters [issue 623](https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on/issues/623) by setting in an initializer file: ```ruby MakeTaggable.force_binary_collation = true ``` Or by running this rake task: ```shell rails make_taggable_engine:tag_names:collate_bin ``` See the Configuration section for more details. ## Usage Setup ```ruby class User < ActiveRecord::Base make_taggable # Alias for make_taggable :tags make_taggable :skills, :interests end class UsersController < ApplicationController def user_params params.require(:user).permit(:name, :tag_list) ## Rails 4 strong params usage end end @user = User.new(:name => "Bobby") ``` Add and remove a single tag ```ruby @user.tag_list.add("awesome") # add a single tag. alias for << @user.tag_list.remove("awesome") # remove a single tag @user.save # save to persist tag_list ``` Add and remove multiple tags in an array ```ruby @user.tag_list.add("awesome", "slick") @user.tag_list.remove("awesome", "slick") @user.save ``` You can also add and remove tags in format of String. This would be convenient in some cases such as handling tag input param in a String. Pay attention you need to add `parse: true` as option in this case. You may also want to take a look at delimiter in the string. The default is comma `,` so you don't need to do anything here. However, if you made a change on delimiter setting, make sure the string will match. See [configuration](#configuration) for more about delimiter. ```ruby @user.tag_list.add("awesome, slick", parse: true) @user.tag_list.remove("awesome, slick", parse: true) ``` You can also add and remove tags by direct assignment. Note this will remove existing tags so use it with attention. ```ruby @user.tag_list = "awesome, slick, hefty" @user.save @user.reload @user.tags => [#, #, #] ``` With the defined context in model, you have multiple new methods at disposal to manage and view the tags in the context. For example, with `:skill` context these methods are added to the model: `skill_list`(and `skill_list.add`, `skill_list.remove` `skill_list=`), `skills`(plural), `skill_counts`. ```ruby @user.skill_list = "joking, clowning, boxing" @user.save @user.reload @user.skills => [#, #, #] @user.skill_list.add("coding") @user.skill_list # => ["joking", "clowning", "boxing", "coding"] @another_user = User.new(:name => "Alice") @another_user.skill_list.add("clowning") @another_user.save User.skill_counts => [#, #, #] ``` To preserve the order in which tags are created use `acts_as_ordered_taggable`: ```ruby class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Alias for acts_as_ordered_taggable_on :tags acts_as_ordered_taggable acts_as_ordered_taggable_on :skills, :interests end @user = User.new(:name => "Bobby") @user.tag_list = "east, south" @user.save @user.tag_list = "north, east, south, west" @user.save @user.reload @user.tag_list # => ["north", "east", "south", "west"] ``` ### Finding most or least used tags You can find the most or least used tags by using: ```ruby MakeTaggable::Tag.most_used MakeTaggable::Tag.least_used ``` You can also filter the results by passing the method a limit, however the default limit is 20. ```ruby MakeTaggable::Tag.most_used(10) MakeTaggable::Tag.least_used(10) ``` ### Finding Tagged Objects Make Taggable uses scopes to create an association for tags. This way you can mix and match to filter down your results. ```ruby class User < ActiveRecord::Base make_taggable :tags, :skills scope :by_join_date, order("created_at DESC") end User.tagged_with("awesome").by_join_date User.tagged_with("awesome").by_join_date.paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 20) # Find users that matches all given tags: # NOTE: This only matches users that have the exact set of specified tags. If a user has additional tags, they are not returned. User.tagged_with(["awesome", "cool"], :match_all => true) # Find users with any of the specified tags: User.tagged_with(["awesome", "cool"], :any => true) # Find users that have not been tagged with awesome or cool: User.tagged_with(["awesome", "cool"], :exclude => true) # Find users with any of the tags based on context: User.tagged_with(['awesome', 'cool'], :on => :tags, :any => true).tagged_with(['smart', 'shy'], :on => :skills, :any => true) ``` You can also use `:wild => true` option along with `:any` or `:exclude` option. It will be looking for `%awesome%` and `%cool%` in SQL. __Tip:__ `User.tagged_with([])` or `User.tagged_with('')` will return `[]`, an empty set of records. ### Relationships You can find objects of the same type based on similar tags on certain contexts. Also, objects will be returned in descending order based on the total number of matched tags. ```ruby @bobby = User.find_by_name("Bobby") @bobby.skill_list # => ["jogging", "diving"] @frankie = User.find_by_name("Frankie") @frankie.skill_list # => ["hacking"] @tom = User.find_by_name("Tom") @tom.skill_list # => ["hacking", "jogging", "diving"] @tom.find_related_skills # => [, ] @bobby.find_related_skills # => [] @frankie.find_related_skills # => [] ``` ### Dynamic Tag Contexts In addition to the generated tag contexts in the definition, it is also possible to allow for dynamic tag contexts (this could be user generated tag contexts!) ```ruby @user = User.new(:name => "Bobby") @user.set_tag_list_on(:customs, "same, as, tag, list") @user.tag_list_on(:customs) # => ["same", "as", "tag", "list"] @user.save @user.tags_on(:customs) # => [,...] @user.tag_counts_on(:customs) User.tagged_with("same", :on => :customs) # => [@user] ``` ### Tag Parsers If you want to change how tags are parsed, you can define your own implementation: ```ruby class MyParser < MakeTaggable::GenericParser def parse MakeTaggable::TagList.new.tap do |tag_list| tag_list.add @tag_list.split('|') end end end ``` Now you can use this parser, passing it as parameter: ```ruby @user = User.new(:name => "Bobby") @user.tag_list = "east, south" @user.tag_list.add("north|west", parser: MyParser) @user.tag_list # => ["north", "east", "south", "west"] # Or also: @user.tag_list.parser = MyParser @user.tag_list.add("north|west") @user.tag_list # => ["north", "east", "south", "west"] ``` Or change it globally: ```ruby MakeTaggable.default_parser = MyParser @user = User.new(:name => "Bobby") @user.tag_list = "east|south" @user.tag_list # => ["east", "south"] ``` ### Tag Ownership Tags can have owners: ```ruby class User < ActiveRecord::Base acts_as_tagger end class Photo < ActiveRecord::Base make_taggable :locations end @some_user.tag(@some_photo, :with => "paris, normandy", :on => :locations) @some_user.owned_taggings @some_user.owned_tags Photo.tagged_with("paris", :on => :locations, :owned_by => @some_user) @some_photo.locations_from(@some_user) # => ["paris", "normandy"] @some_photo.owner_tags_on(@some_user, :locations) # => [#...] @some_photo.owner_tags_on(nil, :locations) # => Ownerships equivalent to saying @some_photo.locations @some_user.tag(@some_photo, :with => "paris, normandy", :on => :locations, :skip_save => true) #won't save @some_photo object ``` #### Working with Owned Tags Note that `tag_list` only returns tags whose taggings do not have an owner. Continuing from the above example: ```ruby @some_photo.tag_list # => [] ``` To retrieve all tags of an object (regardless of ownership) or if only one owner can tag the object, use `all_tags_list`. ##### Adding owned tags Note that **owned tags** are added all at once, in the form of ***comma seperated tags*** in string. Also, when you try to add **owned tags** again, it simply overwrites the previous set of **owned tags**. So to append tags in previously existing **owned tags** list, go as follows: ```ruby def add_owned_tag @some_item = Item.find(params[:id]) owned_tag_list = @some_item.all_tags_list - @some_item.tag_list owned_tag_list += [(params[:tag])] @tag_owner.tag(@some_item, :with => stringify(owned_tag_list), :on => :tags) @some_item.save end def stringify(tag_list) tag_list.inject('') { |memo, tag| memo += (tag + ',') }[0..-1] end ``` ##### Removing owned tags Similarly as above, removing will be as follows: ```ruby def remove_owned_tag @some_item = Item.find(params[:id]) owned_tag_list = @some_item.all_tags_list - @some_item.tag_list owned_tag_list -= [(params[:tag])] @tag_owner.tag(@some_item, :with => stringify(owned_tag_list), :on => :tags) @some_item.save end ``` ### Dirty objects ```ruby @bobby = User.find_by_name("Bobby") @bobby.skill_list # => ["jogging", "diving"] @bobby.skill_list_changed? #=> false @bobby.changes #=> {} @bobby.skill_list = "swimming" @bobby.changes.should == {"skill_list"=>["jogging, diving", ["swimming"]]} @bobby.skill_list_changed? #=> true @bobby.skill_list_change.should == ["jogging, diving", ["swimming"]] ``` ### Tag cloud calculations To construct tag clouds, the frequency of each tag needs to be calculated. Because we specified `make_taggable` on the `User` class, we can get a calculation of all the tag counts by using `User.tag_counts_on(:customs)`. But what if we wanted a tag count for a single user's posts? To achieve this we call tag_counts on the association: ```ruby User.find(:first).posts.tag_counts_on(:tags) ``` A helper is included to assist with generating tag clouds. Here is an example that generates a tag cloud. Helper: ```ruby module PostsHelper include MakeTaggable::TagsHelper end ``` Controller: ```ruby class PostController < ApplicationController def tag_cloud @tags = Post.tag_counts_on(:tags) end end ``` View: ```erb <% tag_cloud(@tags, %w(css1 css2 css3 css4)) do |tag, css_class| %> <%= link_to tag.name, { :action => :tag, :id => tag.name }, :class => css_class %> <% end %> ``` CSS: ```css .css1 { font-size: 1.0em; } .css2 { font-size: 1.2em; } .css3 { font-size: 1.4em; } .css4 { font-size: 1.6em; } ``` ## Configuration If you would like to remove unused tag objects after removing taggings, add: ```ruby MakeTaggable.remove_unused_tags = true ``` If you want force tags to be saved downcased: ```ruby MakeTaggable.force_lowercase = true ``` If you want tags to be saved parametrized (you can redefine to_param as well): ```ruby MakeTaggable.force_parameterize = true ``` If you would like tags to be case-sensitive and not use LIKE queries for creation: ```ruby MakeTaggable.strict_case_match = true ``` If you would like to have an exact match covering special characters with MySql: ```ruby MakeTaggable.force_binary_collation = true ``` If you would like to specify table names: ```ruby MakeTaggable.tags_table = 'aato_tags' MakeTaggable.taggings_table = 'aato_taggings' ``` If you want to change the default delimiter (it defaults to ','). You can also pass in an array of delimiters such as ([',', '|']): ```ruby MakeTaggable.delimiter = ',' ``` *NOTE 1: SQLite by default can't upcase or downcase multibyte characters, resulting in unwanted behavior. Load the SQLite ICU extension for proper handle of such characters. [See docs](http://www.sqlite.org/src/artifact?ci=trunk&filename=ext/icu/README.txt)* #### Upgrading see [UPGRADING](UPGRADING.md) ## Contributors We have a long list of valued contributors. [Check them all](https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on/contributors) ## Compatibility Versions 0.6.x is compatible with Ruby 2.5 + and Rails 6. ## TODO - Review migrations indexes they seem excessive looking at the schema. - See if the newer version of ActiveRecord or arel can be used instead of the MySQL workarounds. ## Testing Make Taggable uses RSpec for its test coverage. Inside the gem directory, you can run the specs with: ```shell bundle rake spec ``` You can run all the tests across all the Rails versions by running `rake appraise`. If you'd also like to [run the tests across all rubies and databases as configured for Travis CI, install and run `wwtd`](https://github.com/grosser/wwtd). ## License MIT