HumanAttributeValue

Rails provides .human_attribute_name, for you to translate model names. But it lacks the same functionality when it comes to attribute values. This gems adds the missing piece, while being as close as possible to the present conventions.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "human_attribute_value"

And then execute:

$ bundle

Rails defines some conventions for model (attributes) translations, for example activerecord.models and activerecord.attributes. This gem adds activerecord.values.

config/locales/de.yml

---
de:
  activerecord:
    models:
      company: Firma
    attributes:
      company:
        name: Name
        city: Stadt
        size: Größe
    # 
    # This gem adds activerecord.values
    #
    values:
      company:
        city:
          size:
            small: klein
            medium: mittel
            large: groß
          tags:
            company: Firma
            important: wichtig
            green: ökologisch

In order to use human_attribute_value it needs to be included into your model or your ApplicationRecord.

class ApplicationRecord < ActiveRecord::Base
  include HumanAttributeValue
end

Now you can do the following.

company = Company.create(name: "ACME Inc.", city: "Berlin", size: "large")

# assuming your current locale is :de
company.human_attribute_value(:size) # => "groß"

It respects serialized arrays as well. Let's assume you have an serialized tags array.

company = Company.create(name: "ACME Inc.", tags: ["company". "important", "green"])

# assuming your current locale is :de
company.human_attribute_value(:tags) # => ["Firma", "wichtig", "ökologisch"]

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/nerdgeschoss/human_attribute_value.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.