#314 Pretty URLs with FriendlyId

Jan 09, 2012 | 7 minutes | Plugins, Routing

If you are tired of model ids in the URL, overriding to_param can only get you so far. The friendly_id plugin can help by making it easy to generate a URL slug and maintain a history.

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          terminal
        
rails g migration add_slug_to_articles slug:string
rake db:migrate
rails c
rails g friendly_id

          rails console
        
Article.find_each(&:save)

          db/migrate/add_slug_to_articles.rb
        
add_column :articles, :slug, :string
add_index :articles, :slug

          models/article.rb
        
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  extend FriendlyId
  friendly_id :name, use: :slugged

  def should_generate_new_friendly_id?
    new_record?
  end
end

# Or...

class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
  extend FriendlyId
  friendly_id :name, use: :history
end