Mongoid Slug

Mongoid Slug generates a URL slug or permalink based on one or more fields in a Mongoid model.

It sits idly on top of stringex and works with non-Latin characters.

Quick Start

Add mongoid_slug to your Gemfile:

gem 'mongoid_slug', :require => 'mongoid/slug'

Set up slugs in models like this:

class Book
  include Mongoid::Document
  include Mongoid::Slug

  field :title
  embeds_many :authors

  slug :title
end

class Author
  include Mongoid::Document
  include Mongoid::Slug

  field :first
  field :last
  embedded_in :book, :inverse_of => :authors

  slug :first, :last, :as => :name
end

Finder

In your controller, throw in some minimal magic:

# GET /books/a-thousand-plateaus/authors/gilles-deleuze
author = Book.find_by_slug(params[:book_id]).
              authors.
              find_by_name(params[:id])

Permanence

By default, slugs are not permanent:

>> book = Book.create(:title => "A Thousand Plateaus")
>> book.to_param
"a-thousand-plateaus"
>> book.title = "Anti Oedipus"
>> book.save
>> book.to_param
"anti-oedipus"

If you require permanent slugs, pass the :permanent option when defining the slug.

Scope

To scope an object by a reference association, pass :scope:

class Company
  include Mongoid::Document
  references_many :employees
end

class Employee
  include Mongoid::Document
  include Mongoid::Slug
  field :name
  slug  :name, :scope => :company
  referenced_in :company
end

In this example, if you create an employee without associating it with any company, the scope will fall back to the root employees collection.

Currently, if you have an irregular association name, you must specify the :inverse_of option on the other side of the assocation.

Embedded objects are automatically scoped by their parent.

Indexes

You may optionally pass an :index option to define an index on top-level slugs.

class Book
  field :title
  slug  :title, :index => true
end

Indexes on unscoped slugs will be unique.

This option has no effect if the object is embedded.