In my app, there is a comment section on articles. I'd like the user to have the ability to comment with 3 different options. To activate this, I am using an Active Record Enum. Please note that the comment sections is nested under the articles.
resources :articles, only: [:index, :show] do
resources :comments
end
Migration:
class AddEnumToCommentModel < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
add_column :comments, :post_as, :integer, default: 0
end
end
Comment model:
enum post_as: %w(username, oneliner, anonymous)
I attempted to add this to the content view, but lost. I am guessing I also have to do something in my controller but not sure.
Attempted view :
<%= form_for([@article, @comment]) do |f| %>
<% if @comment.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(@comment.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this comment from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% @comment.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<h3>Fill in your comment</h3>
<%= f.label :content %><br>
<%= f.text_area :content %>
</div>
<div class="post_as">
<h3> Choose how you want to post your comment :</h3>
<%= f.input :content, post_as: ???, as: :radio %>
</div>
<br>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<br>
<% end %>
Rails creates a class method using the pluralized attribute name when you use enum. The method returns a key value pair of strings you've defined and what integers they map to. So, you could do something like this:
<% Comment.post_as.keys.each do |post_as| %>
<%= f.radio_button :post_as, post_as %>
<%= f.label post_as.to_sym %>
<% end %>