validates_acceptance_of(*attr_names) — ActiveRecord::Validations::ClassMethods

validates_acceptance_of(*attr_names)

Encapsulates the pattern of wanting to validate the acceptance of a terms of service check box (or similar agreement). Example:

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates_acceptance_of :terms_of_service
  validates_acceptance_of :eula, :message => "must be abided"
end

If the database column does not exist, the terms_of_service attribute is entirely virtual. This check is performed only if terms_of_service is not nil and by default on save.

Configuration options:

:message - A custom error message (default is: “must be accepted”).
:on - Specifies when this validation is active (default is :save, other options :create, :update).
:allow_nil - Skip validation if attribute is nil (default is true).
:accept - Specifies value that is considered accepted. The default value is a string “1”, which makes it easy to relate to an HTML checkbox. This should be set to true if you are validating a database column, since the attribute is typecast from “1” to true before validation.
:if - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should occur (e.g. :if => :allow_validation, or :if => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step > 2 }). The method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value.
:unless - Specifies a method, proc or string to call to determine if the validation should not occur (e.g. :unless => :skip_validation, or :unless => Proc.new { |user| user.signup_step <= 2 }). The method, proc or string should return or evaluate to a true or false value.

Parameters

attr_names rest

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb, line 548
      def validates_acceptance_of(*attr_names)
        configuration = { :on => :save, :allow_nil => true, :accept => "1" }
        configuration.update(attr_names.extract_options!)

        db_cols = begin
          column_names
        rescue Exception # To ignore both statement and connection errors
          []
        end
        names = attr_names.reject { |name| db_cols.include?(name.to_s) }
        attr_accessor(*names)

        validates_each(attr_names,configuration) do |record, attr_name, value|
          unless value == configuration[:accept]
            record.errors.add(attr_name, :accepted, :default => configuration[:message])
          end
        end
      end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/validations.rb line 548 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Validations::ClassMethods

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