Sign mongoid documents to prevent duplicates.

Requirements

  • mongoid (>= 2.0.0.rc7)

Install

To install mongoid_signature, simply add it to your Gemfile:

gem 'mongoid_signature'

In order to get the latest development version of mongoid_signature:

gem 'mongoid_signature', :git => 'https://github.com/connectedbits/mongoid_signature.git'

And then:

bundle install

Usage

Add the include Mongoid::Signature in the model:

class User include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Signature

field :name field :email

references_many :posts references_many :comments

sign_document :include => [:name] end

class Post include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Timestamps include Mongoid::Signature

field :title field :body field :published, :type => Boolean, :default => false

referenced_in :users embeds_many :comments

sign_document :include => [:user, :title, :body] end class Comment include Mongoid::Document include Mongoid::Timestamps include Mongoid::Signature

field :body

embedded_in :post referenced_in :user

sign_document :include => [:user, :body] end

Signing

This will add a signature field to your document and provide additional signature_string and sign! methods:

>> @user = User.new(:name => ‘Eric’) => #<User _id: 4d66a345bf354104bd000002, name: “Eric”, signature: nil, email: nil> >> @user.sign! => “535d6fcc4483b2d02167d2d4bc05fdff5e34f6538ac6fa897c63b11d8417e815”

Known issues

See github.com//mongoid_signature/issues

Repository

See github.com/connectedbits/mongoid_signature and feel free to fork it!

Contributors

See a list of all contributors at github.com/connected/mongoid_signature/contributors. Thanks a lot everyone!

Copyright © 2011 Connected Bits, LLC. See LICENSE for details.