Stripped Attributes¶ ↑

A Rails plugin that automatically strips all ActiveRecord model attributes of leading and trailing whitespace. If the attribute is blank, it strips the value to nil.

It works by overwriting ActiveRecord’s write_attribute method. So the removal of whitespace is instantly applied and reflected in ActiveRecord’s dirty tracking of attributes.

Installation¶ ↑

You can install Stripped Attributes with the following command.

% ./script/plugin install git://github.com/m4n/stripped_attributes.git

Usage¶ ↑

By default, all attributes are stripped:

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  strip_attributes
end

p = Post.new
p.title = "  foo \n"
p.title #=> "foo"
p.changes #=> {"title"=>[nil, "foo"]}
p.body = " "
p.body #=> nil
p.changes #=> {"title"=>[nil, "foo"]}

Sure, you can also control which attributes are stripped:

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  strip_attributes :title, :body
end

Download¶ ↑

The latest version of Stripped Attributes can be found at github.com/m4n/stripped_attributes

Documentation can be generated from its distribution directory with the following command.

% [sudo] rake rdoc

Tests can be executed from its distribution directory with the following command.

% [sudo] rake test

Hacking¶ ↑

Stripped Attributes is hosted on Github. Pull requests are welcome.

Bugs¶ ↑

Please report bugs on the Github issue tracker for this project.

License¶ ↑

Stripped Attributes is released under the MIT license.

Copyright¶ ↑

Copyright © 2010 Martin Andert