in_bed_with

in_bed_with is a gem to easily embed common javascript snippets in your application. It's both very simple and much webscale!

Works with or without Rails, so it's very possible to use it with Sinatra or any other Ruby lib/framework.

Installation

As a rubygem

gem install in_bed_with

With Bundler

In your Gemfile, add:

gem 'in_bed_with'

How to use

Rails

The simplest way to use in_bed_with in Rails is to create an initializer file config/initializers/in_bed_with.rb. Use it to specify the properties of the relevant service:

InBedWith.config do |config|
  config.analytics_property_id = 'UA-1234567-1'
end

Then, in your view, simply use:

<%= in_bed_with.analytics %>

That's it!

If you don't want to set the properties through config, you can also pass any property into the method directly:

<%= in_bed_with.analytics(property_id: 'UA-1234567-1') %>

This approach is also useful if you have multiple objects with different properties to embed. You can still specify defaults through the config:

# config/initializers/in_bed_with.rb
InBedWith.config do |config|
  config.adsense_client = 'ca-pub-1234567890123456'
  config.adsense_ad_type = :small_rectangle
end

# app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
# Will create a small rectangle ad with a slot parameter of '1234567890'
<%= in_bed_with.adsense(ad_slot: '1234567890') %>

# Will create a wide skyscraper ad with a slot parameter of '0987654321'
<%= in_bed_with.adsense(ad_slot: '0987654321', ad_type: :wide_skyscraper) %>

Sinatra/Other

With Sinatra, you'll need to use the helper method to register the in_bed_with helper.

helper InBedWith::Helper

With any other lib/framework, use extend:

extend InBedWith::Helper

You can also forego the helper completely and call the InBedWith module directly:

InBedWith.analytics
# same as:
in_bed_with.analytics

Service support

in_bed_with currently supports Google Analytics, Adsense and Gauges. Many more are planned--feel free to open an issue/pull request for integration with your favorite service!

Google Analytics

Available properties:

  • property_id: The ID of the property. Usually a string formatted along the likes of UA-xxxxxxx-x, where x is a digit.

Example:

# initializer
InBedWith.config do |config|
  config.analytics_property_id = 'UA-1234567-1'
end

# view
<%= in_bed_with.analytics %>

Google Adsense

Available properties:

  • client: The Adsense client id. Usually a string formatted along the likes of ca-pub–xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, where x is a digit.
  • ad_slot: The ad slot. Usually a 10-digit number.
  • ad_type: The type of the ad. Does not need to be set if both ad_width and ad_height are set. Can be any of (see here for exact sizes):
    • :banner, :button, :half_banner, :large_rectangle, :leaderboard, :medium_rectangle, :skyscraper, :small_rectangle, :small_square, :square, :vertical_banner, :wide_skyscraper
  • ad_width: The width of the ad. Does not need to be set if ad_type is set. Usually a 2 or 3-digit number.
  • ad_height: The height of the ad. Does not need to be set if ad_type is set. Usually a 2 or 3-digit number.

Example:

# initializer
InBedWith.config do |config|
  config.adsense_client = 'ca-pub-1234567890123456'
  config.adsense_ad_type = :small_rectangle
end

# view
<%= in_bed_with.adsense(ad_slot: '1234567890') %>

Gauges

Available properties:

  • site_id: The ID of the site. (As far as I know) a 24-character hexadecimal string.

Example:

# initializer
InBedWith.config do |config|
  config.gauges_site_id = '1234567890abcdef12345678'
end

# view
<%= in_bed_with.gauges %>

Contributions

Pull requests for integration with additional service are very welcome!

Pull requests

  1. Fork the project.
  2. Make your feature addition or bug fix.
  3. Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
  4. Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
  5. Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

License

in_bed_with is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.