ValidatesAsEmail
This gem/plugin is a re-packaged and gem’ified version of the original plugin with credit as follows:
Gabriel Mazetto <[email protected]> Donncha Redmond <[email protected]> Michal Zima <[email protected]> Ximon Eighteen <[email protected]> Dan Kubb <[email protected]> Thijs van der Vossen <[email protected]>
This Ruby on Rails plugin implements an ActiveRecord validation helper called validates_as_email. The helper acts as if validates_format_of was used with a regular expression that defines an email address conformance test.
It does not follow any RFC as RFC822, RFC2822, RFC3696 as it’s intended for common bn
Installation:
Make sure you have rubygems >= 1.3.6
Install the gem(s): sudo gem install brodock-validates_as_email
Add to environment.rb initializer block: config.gem ‘brodock-validates_as_email’, :lib => ‘validates_as_email’
Usage:
In your model file do something like:
class MyClass < ActiveRecord::Base
validates_as_email :email, :message => 'Invalid Email Address', :allow_nil => true
end
class MyOtherClass < ActiveRecord::Base
# will not accept addresses with a single part domain, e.g user@example
validates_as_email :email, :message => 'Invalid Email Address', :allow_nil => true
end
Tests:
Some tests have been added.
License:
See the LICENSE file.