I am trying to build a twitter like data model in rails. This is what I have come up with.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :microposts, :dependent => :destroy
end
class Micropost < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
has_many :mentions
has_many :hashtags
end
class Mention< ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :micropost
end
class Hashtag < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :micropost
end
Should I be using a has_many through association somewhere or is this accurate?
Edit: The final twitter MVC model.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :microposts, :dependent => :destroy
userID
end
class Micropost < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
has_many :link2mentions, :dependent => :destroy
has_many :mentions, through: :link2mentions
has_many :link2hashtags, :dependent => :destroy
has_many :hashtags, through: :link2hashtags
UserID
micropostID
content
end
class Link2mention < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :micropost
belongs_to :mention
linkID
micropostID
mentionID
end
class Mention < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :link2mentions, :dependent => :destroy
has_many :microposts, through: :link2mentions
mentionID
userID
end
Edit 2: A concise and accurate explanation
http://railscasts.com/episodes/382-tagging?view=asciicast
If two microposts use the same hashtag, you probably don't want to create two database records for that hashtag. In this case you would use has_many through:
class Hashtagging < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :micropost
belongs_to :hashtag
end
class Hashtag < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :hashtaggings
has_many :microposts, through: :hashtaggings
end
class Micropost < ActiveRecord::Base
...
has_many :hashtaggings
has_many :hashtags, through: :hashtaggings
end
When you create the Hashtagging migration, make sure it has the micropost_id and hashtag_id columns.
Related
I'm looking for a better way to query Users from 2 different Models used in a polymorphic association. Here is the setup
class Schedule < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :announcement
has_many :targets, dependent: :destroy
has_many :lists, through: :targets, source: :target, source_type: 'List'
has_many :accounts, through: :targets, source: :target, source_type: 'Account'
end
class Target < ApplicationRecord
# belongs_to :announcement
belongs_to :schedule
belongs_to :target, polymorphic: true
delegate :announcement, to: :schedule
end
class List < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :account
has_many :targets, as: :target, dependent: :destroy
has_many :lists_users
has_many :users, through: :lists_users
end
class Account < ApplicationRecord
has_many :announcements, dependent: :destroy
has_many :targets, as: :target, dependent: :destroy
has_many :users, dependent: :destroy
end
At the moment I'm solving this by creating a method inside the Schedule model that grabs Users this way:
def subscribers
targets.map(&:target).map(&:users).flatten.uniq
end
I looked at something similar with this question, but didn't seem to solve it.
I would do that like this:
class Schedule < ApplicationRecord
def subscribers
# fetch all associated user IDs
lists_user_ids = lists.joins(:lists_users).distinct.pluck("lists_users.user_id")
accounts_user_ids = accounts.joins(:users).distinct.pluck("users.id")
user_ids = (lists_user_ids + accounts_user_ids).uniq
# fetch users by IDs
User.where(id: user_ids)
end
end
I'm trying to create associations for three models in my Rails application. In the application a User can access courses which have videos. How would I model this?
This is what I currently have:
class User < ApplicationRecord
has_many :courses
has_many :videos, through: :courses
end
class Course < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :user
has_many :videos
end
class Video < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :course
belongs_to :user
end
Is this the correct way to model these associations for what I want the application to be able to achieve?
Normally, this would look something like:
class UserCourse < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :course
end
class User < ApplicationRecord
has_many :user_courses
has_many :courses, through: :user_courses
has_many :videos, through: :courses
end
class Course < ApplicationRecord
has_many :user_courses
has_many :users, through: :user_courses
has_many :videos
end
class Video < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :course
has_many :users, through: :course
end
That should let you do:
#user.courses
#user.videos
#course.users
#course.videos
#video.course
#video.users
(Assuming, of course, you've instantiated each of the above variables and you have associated records.)
I have 4 Models and i am not sure what is the correct way to write my relationships/associations.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :boards
has_many :lists
has_many :cards
end
class Board < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
has_many :lists
end
class List < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :board
has_many :cards
end
class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :list
end
If you want to be more explicit about your relationships, feel free to do the following (preferred in most every case):
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :boards, inverse_of: :user, dependent: :destroy
has_many :lists, inverse_of: :user, dependent: :destroy
has_many :cards, inverse_of: user, dependent: :destroy
end
class Board < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user, inverse_of: :boards
has_many :lists, inverse_of: :board
end
class List < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user, inverse_of: :lists
belongs_to :board, inverse_of :lists
has_many :cards, inverse_of :list
end
class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user, inverse_of: :cards
belongs_to :list, inverse_of :cards
end
Finally, make sure any of your models that are dependent on another (e.g. Board belongs_to User) have the appropriate foreign key in their table. So, for example, Board will need to have a user_id foreign key to correctly create the association.
You can create a migration for any of those entities if you haven't already like so:
rails generate migration AddUserRefToBoards user:references
What am trying to do is:
i have a User model and i have a Task model
Task has 2 types of users Owners and Supervisors all of them are users !
so what i have so far is:
Task Model
class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :task_owners, dependent: :destroy
has_many :task_supervisors, dependent: :destroy
has_many :users, through: :task_owners
has_many :users, through: :task_supervisors
end
TaskSupervisor Model
class TaskSupervisor < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :task
belongs_to :user
end
TaskOwner Model
class TaskOwner < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :task
belongs_to :user
end
and finally the User Model
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :task_owners
has_many :task_supervisors
has_many :tasks, through: :task_owners
has_many :tasks, through: :task_supervisors
end
now as you can imagine ... my problem is when i get a task and retrieve the users i only get one of my associations ... what i need is a way to change the getters name or identify them some how basically to be able to say something like
task.owners
task.supervisors
class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :task_owners, dependent: :destroy
has_many :task_supervisors, dependent: :destroy
has_many :owners, through: :task_owners, source: :users
has_many :supervisors, through: :task_supervisors, source: :users
end
You should be able to do this.
Then you should get your task.owners and task.supervisors
Edit:
You will need to change your user model to
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :task_owners
has_many :task_supervisors
has_many :owned_tasks, through: :task_owners, source: :tasks
has_many :supervised_tasks, through: :task_supervisors, source: :tasks
end
I have these models
class EventGroups < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :festival_venues
has_many :venues, :through => :festival_venues
end
class Venue < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :festival_venues
has_many :event_groups, :through => :festival_venues
end
class FestivalVenue < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :event_group
belongs_to :venue
end
Now I want to create a Venue via Eventgroups, and record in the FestivalVenue should be created as well.
When i delete Eventgroups related record in Venue and
FestivalVenue should be deleted as well.
How can i do this?
class EventGroup < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :festival_venues, dependent: :destroy
has_many :venues, :through => :festival_venues, :dependent => :destroy
end
class Venue < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :festival_venues
has_many :event_groups, :through => :festival_venues
end
class FestivalVenue < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :event_group
belongs_to :venue
end
Now if you have event_group variable bound to EventGroup object, you create Venue (along with its FestivalVenue) with:
venue = Venue.create(your_attributes)
event_group.venues << venue
In your below code, Model class name must be singular. Change class name EventGroups to EventGroup. Now it will work like a charm.
class EventGroup < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :festival_venues, dependent: :destroy
has_many :venues, :through => :festival_venues, :dependent => :destroy
end
Remaining code is good.
class Venue < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :festival_venues
has_many :event_groups, :through => :festival_venues
end
class FestivalVenue < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :event_group
belongs_to :venue
end
Hope it will help. Thanks