Form submission to create multiple objects

Question

I want to create multiple objects by submitting a form with one single textarea input.

I envision:
- each line, a new object
- attributes are separated by commas

E.g. for a User model with the attributes: name, email, activated

Larry Page, [email protected], false
Jeff Bezos, [email protected], true
Mark Zuckerburg, [email protected], false

How would I, in the controller, convert the form submission to one array for each "object" (such that I then can iterate over them and perform creation)?

You can't do that in a pretty form, you have to construct your array in the controller — ppascualv
– ppascualv, Commented Dec 31, 2014 at 13:12

Kenny Meyer · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-31 14:36:39Z

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In your controller you could turn your user input into an array supposing that each line is separated by a newline character:

textfield_value = "Larry Page, [email protected], false\nJeff Bezos, [email protected], true\nMark Zuckerburg, [email protected], false"

textfield_value.each_line do |d|
  row = d.split(",")
  MyModel.create(name: row[0], email: row[1], activated: row[2]
end

This can be refactored further. Just giving you an idea.

answered Dec 31, 2014 at 14:36

Kenny Meyer

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