instance method `cache_key`

Ruby on Rails 4.0.13

Since v3.2.22.5

Available in: v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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cache_key()

Returns a cache key that can be used to identify this record.

Product.new.cache_key     # => "products/new"
Product.find(5).cache_key # => "products/5" (updated_at not available)
Person.find(5).cache_key  # => "people/5-20071224150000" (updated_at available)

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/integration.rb, line 48
    def cache_key
      case
      when new_record?
        "#{self.class.model_name.cache_key}/new"
      when timestamp = max_updated_column_timestamp
        timestamp = timestamp.utc.to_s(cache_timestamp_format)
        "#{self.class.model_name.cache_key}/#{id}-#{timestamp}"
      else
        "#{self.class.model_name.cache_key}/#{id}"
      end
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/integration.rb line 48 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Integration

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