Module: FriendlyId::SimpleI18n

Translating Slugs Using Simple I18n

The SimpleI18n module adds very basic i18n support to FriendlyId.

In order to use this module, your model must have a slug column for each locale. By default FriendlyId looks for columns named, for example, “slug_en”, “slug_es”, etc. The first part of the name can be configured by passing the :slug_column option if you choose. Note that the column for the default locale must also include the locale in its name.

This module is most suitable to applications that need to support few locales. If you need to support two or more locales, you may wish to use the Globalize module instead.

Example migration

def self.up
  create_table :posts do |t|
    t.string :title
    t.string :slug_en
    t.string :slug_es
    t.text   :body
  end
  add_index :posts, :slug_en
  add_index :posts, :slug_es
end

Finds

Finds will take into consideration the current locale:

I18n.locale = :es
Post.find("la-guerra-de-las-galaxas")
I18n.locale = :en
Post.find("star-wars")

To find a slug by an explicit locale, perform the find inside a block passed to I18n's with_locale method:

I18n.with_locale(:es) do
  Post.find("la-guerra-de-las-galaxas")
end

Creating Records

When new records are created, the slug is generated for the current locale only.

Translating Slugs

To translate an existing record's friendly_id, use Model#set_friendly_id. This will ensure that the slug you add is properly escaped, transliterated and sequenced:

post = Post.create :name => "Star Wars"
post.set_friendly_id("La guerra de las galaxas", :es)

If you don't pass in a locale argument, FriendlyId::SimpleI18n will just use the current locale:

I18n.with_locale(:es) do
  post.set_friendly_id("La guerra de las galaxas")
end