ATTENTION: This is a Rails 3 only implementation.
NOTE: It’s necessary to a User model exist. Executing the migration it will add two columns in users table: followeds_count and followers_count.
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The first step is add this gem to your Gemfile
gem 'has_followers' -
After that, install the gem in your development environment
bundle install -
Execute the migration generator to create the necessary tables and columns
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Run the migrations with
rake db:migrate
It’s very simple to use this gem. See the examples below.
First, you’ll need to add the has_followers method to your model.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_followers end
To follow someone you need only do this
you.follow(someone)
This action automatically increment your followeds_count column and his (someone) followers_count column too.
If you want to unfollow someone, no problem. It’s similar to follow someone
you.unfollow(someone)
When you unfollow someone, this automatically decrement your followeds_count column and his (someone) followers_count column too.
You can check how many users you are following
you.followeds_count
Or how many users are following you
you.follwers_count
If you want to know who are your followeds users
you.followeds
And your followers
you.followers
Check if the user is you
you.is?(someone) # => true if someone is you
If you want to know if you are following someone
you.following?(someone) # => Follow object if you already following someone
If you want to know if someone is following you
you.follow_me?(someone) # => Follow object if he is following you
Or in case you want to know the relationship between you and your followed or follower
you.following_for(someone)
Or
you.followed_for(someone)
The first one will find on your followeds list, however the second one will find on your followers list.
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Check out the latest master to make sure the feature hasn’t been implemented or the bug hasn’t been fixed yet
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Check out the issue tracker to make sure someone already hasn’t requested it and/or contributed it
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Fork the project
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Start a feature/bugfix branch
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Commit and push until you are happy with your contribution
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Make sure to add tests for it. This is important so I don’t break it in a future version unintentionally.
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Please try not to mess with the Rakefile, version, or history. If you want to have your own version, or is otherwise necessary, that is fine, but please isolate to its own commit so I can cherry-pick around it.
Copyright © 2012 Fabiano Almeida. See LICENSE.txt for further details.