Use validates_url inside a AR validate method

[JulienItard]

Hello !

I'd like to call validates_url inside a method. Is it possible to do it ?

With this test code, it raises undefined method.

validate :my_validation

def my_validation 
  validates_url(:url) && other validation && other validation
end

Thanks a lot

[kritik]

Yes, if you will initialize validator yourself. But you don't want to do that in 99%. What is your case?

[JulienItard]

Thanks for your quick anwser.

I have field, external link, that can be an URL, a mailto:... or a tel:....

I'd like to create a custom method and use your validates_url method when it's an URL.
Something like :

def my_validation
  validates_url(:url) || url.start_with?("mailto:") || url.start_with?("tel:")
end