Method: ActionText::Attachment#to_plain_text

Defined in:
actiontext/lib/action_text/attachment.rb

#to_plain_text ⇒ Object

Converts the attachment to plain text.

attachable = ActiveStorage::Blob.find_by filename: "racecar.jpg"
attachment = ActionText::Attachment.from_attachable(attachable)
attachment.to_plain_text # => "[racecar.jpg]"

Use the caption when set:

attachment = ActionText::Attachment.from_attachable(attachable, caption: "Vroom vroom")
attachment.to_plain_text # => "[Vroom vroom]"

The presentation can be overridden by implementing the attachable_plain_text_representation method:

class Person < ApplicationRecord
  include ActionText::Attachable

  def attachable_plain_text_representation
    "[#{name}]"
  end
end

attachable = Person.create! name: "Javan"
attachment = ActionText::Attachment.from_attachable(attachable)
attachment.to_plain_text # => "[Javan]"



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# File 'actiontext/lib/action_text/attachment.rb', line 110

def to_plain_text
  if respond_to?(:attachable_plain_text_representation)
    attachable_plain_text_representation(caption)
  else
    caption.to_s
  end
end