ActsAsFuzzySearch

Return Activerecord records that match a search query. Ideally used for small sets of data and simple search terms.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'acts_as_fuzzy_search'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install acts_as_fuzzy_search

Usage

    # app/models/foobar.rb
    class Foobar < ActiveRecord::Base
        acts_as_fuzzy_search

        # Or pass it some options:
        # acts_as_fuzzy_search(:scope => :your_scope_name, :search_algorithm => :white_similarity)
    end

    # Elsewhere in your code
    Foobar.find_by_fuzzy_search 'smthing'

    # Or pass it some options
    Foobar.find_by_fuzzy_search 'smthing', {:date_format => "%B %d %Y", :search_algorithm => :levenshtein_distance})

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request