Rails - Apr 2012 - Defining an action (or method) that filters DB data

Rails 3.1.3

I would like to define a method that takes one of DB fields as an input
and returns a portion of it.

A table ''Project'' has a field URL.  I need to output a portion
of the
URL.

Say, I have a YouTube URL, and the output must be only ''WXYZ''

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXYZ

so I have tried to define an action in
''projects_controller.rb'',

  helper_method :video_code
  def video_code url
    return getVideoCode(url)
  end


  def getVideoCode url
    #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_LPKEPReUo
    re = Regexp.new(''http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=(.*)'')
    m = re.match(url)
    return m[1]
  end


In (project)index.html.erb

<%= project.video_code(project.url) %>

gives an error,


undefined method `video_code'' for
#<ProjectsController:0x000001035f64d8>

I think the way I defined the action (or method) is wrong.

Could anyone help me for this?


Thanks in advance.

soichi

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On 11 April 2012 08:08, Soichi Ishida
<lists-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Rails 3.1.3
>
> I would like to define a method that takes one of DB fields as an input
> and returns a portion of it.
>
> A table ''Project'' has a field URL.  I need to output a
portion of the
> URL.
>
> Say, I have a YouTube URL, and the output must be only
''WXYZ''
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXYZ
>
> so I have tried to define an action in
''projects_controller.rb'',
>
>  helper_method :video_code
>  def video_code url
>    return getVideoCode(url)
>  end
>
>
>  def getVideoCode url
>    #http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_LPKEPReUo
>    re =
Regexp.new(''http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=(.*)'')
>    m = re.match(url)
>    return m[1]
>  end
>
>
> In (project)index.html.erb
>
> <%= project.video_code(project.url) %>
>
> gives an error,
>
>
> undefined method `video_code'' for
#<ProjectsController:0x000001035f64d8>
>
> I think the way I defined the action (or method) is wrong.
You should make video_code a method of the Project model class.  So
inside project.rb put the method video_code.  There will be no need to
pass a parameter as it can access the url method of itself directly
and return the required string.  You will not need getVideoCode
either.  Then in the view you can just use project.video_code.

Colin

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Thanks . I put

  def video_code
    return getVideoCode(self.url)
  end

  def getVideoCode url
    re = Regexp.new(''http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=(.*)'')
    m = re.match(url)
    return m[1]
  end


in project.rb, and it works perfectly well!

soichi

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On 11 April 2012 09:44, Soichi Ishida
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wrote:
> Thanks . I put
>
>  def video_code
>    return getVideoCode(self.url)
>  end
>
>  def getVideoCode url
>    re =
Regexp.new(''http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=(.*)'')
>    m = re.match(url)
>    return m[1]
>  end
Or just
 def video_code
   re = Regexp.new(''http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=(.*)'')
   m = re.match(self.url)
   return m[1]
 end


If you want to keep getVideoCode then ideally it should be called
get_video_code to follow the method naming conventions.

Colin
>
>
> in project.rb, and it works perfectly well!
>
> soichi
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