Mongoid Occurrences

Facilitates aggregations for events with multiple occurrences or a recurring schedule.

• Mongoid 7+
• MongoDB 3.4+

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mongoid_occurrences'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mongoid_occurrences

Define a Mongoid document that will embed occurrence definitions.

class Event
  include Mongoid::Document
  include MongoidOccurrences::HasOccurrences

  embeds_many_occurrences class_name: "Occurrence"
end

This document will gain the #assign_daily_occurrences! method (automatically triggered :after_validation), which expands all occurrence definitions in the embedded relation called #daily_occurrences.

The class will also gain the following scopes, useful for querying for events based on the #daily_occurrences:

• .occurs_between(dtstart, dtend)
• .occurs_from(dtstart)
• .occurs_on(day)
• .occurs_until(dtend)

Define a Mongoid document that defines the occurrence.

class Occurrence
  include Mongoid::Document
  include MongoidOccurrences::Occurrence

  embedded_in_event :event, class_name: 'Event'
end

This document will gain the #dtstart, #dtend and #all_day fields to define individual occurrences.

Recurring schedule is handled via the IceCube and MongoidIceCubeExtension gems. The model gains #schedule, and #schedule_dtstart, #schedule_dtend fields (with default values for schedule 1 year from now), along with #recurrence_rule= writer method.

It is possible to influence the way the occurrences are expanded into #daily_occurrences using the #operator enum field, which accepts the following values:

• :append – appends to the list of #daily_occurrences (default)
• :replace – replaces all occurrences that happen on the same day with itself
• :remove - removes all occurrences that happen on the same day

To optimize the performance of the above scope queries, you might want to add the following indexes:

index :'daily_occurrences.ds' => 1
index :'daily_occurrences.de' => 1

It is possible to aggregate (unwind) the events so that they are multiplied per daily occurrences. Example aggregations are included:

• MongoidOccurrences::Aggregations::OccursBetween.instantiate(Event.criteria, dtstart, dtend)
• MongoidOccurrences::Aggregations::OccursFrom.instantiate(Event.criteria, dtstart)
• MongoidOccurrences::Aggregations::OccursOn.instantiate(Event.criteria, day)
• MongoidOccurrences::Aggregations::OccursUntil.instantiate(Event.criteria, dtend)

The aggregations will add #_dtstart, #_dtend fields to the unwound documents. For easier access, mixin the MongoidOccurrences::HasFieldsFromAggregation to your Event class:

class Event
  include Mongoid::Document
  include MongoidOccurrences::HasFieldsFromAggregation
  include MongoidOccurrences::HasOccurrences

  embeds_many_occurrences class_name: "Occurrence"
end

This will automatically add #dtstart and #dtend fields with correct (demongoized) values, as well as the #all_day? method.

If your events are itself embedded:

class EventParent
  embeds_many :events, class_name: 'Event'
end

Simply add the following scopes on the parent document:

class EventParent
  scope :occurs_between, ->(dtstart, dtend) { elem_match(events: Event.occurs_between(dtstart, dtend).selector) }
  scope :occurs_from, ->(date_time) { elem_match(events: Event.occurs_from(date_time).selector) }
  scope :occurs_on, ->(date_time) { elem_match(events: Event.occurs_on(date_time).selector) }
  scope :occurs_until, ->(date_time) { elem_match(events: Event.occurs_until(date_time).selector) }

  include MongoidOccurrences::HasFieldsFromAggregation

  delegate :daily_occurrences, to: :event
end

You will then need to write your own aggregations with an extra step to $unwind the embedded #events, and your indexes will need to be adjusted as follows:

index :'events.daily_occurrences.ds' => 1
index :'events.daily_occurrences.de' => 1

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test 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/tomasc/mongoid_occurrences.

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