rails_autolink

http://github.com/tenderlove/rails_autolink

Description

This is an extraction of the auto_link method from rails. The auto_link method was removed from Rails in version Rails 3.1. This gem is meant to bridge the gap for people migrating.

Features

By default auto_link returns sanitized html_safe strings. This behaviour can be overridden by setting the :sanitize option to false (thus making it insecure if you don't have the content under control).

Install

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'rails_autolink'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Synopsis

Basic Usage

require 'rails_autolink'

auto_link("Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org and say hello to david@loudthinking.com")
# => "Go to <a href=\"http://www.rubyonrails.org\">http://www.rubyonrails.org</a> and
#     say hello to <a href=\"mailto:david@loudthinking.com\">david@loudthinking.com</a>"

Convert Only URLs to Links

auto_link("Visit http://www.loudthinking.com/ or e-mail david@loudthinking.com", :link => :urls)
# => "Visit <a href=\"http://www.loudthinking.com/\">http://www.loudthinking.com/</a>
#     or e-mail david@loudthinking.com"

Convert Only Email Addresses to Links

auto_link("Visit http://www.loudthinking.com/ or e-mail david@loudthinking.com", :link => :email_addresses)
# => "Visit http://www.loudthinking.com/ or e-mail <a href=\"mailto:david@loudthinking.com\">david@loudthinking.com</a>"

Generate Links Without Sanitizing HTML Tags

## By default, HTML tags are sanitized to protect from malicious code
auto_link("Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org <script>Malicious code!</script>")
# => "Go to <a href=\"http://www.rubyonrails.org\">http://www.rubyonrails.org</a> "

## Use the :sanitize => false option to prevent sanitization
auto_link("Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org <script>alert('Script!')</script>", :sanitize => false)
# => "Go to <a href=\"http://www.rubyonrails.org\">http://www.rubyonrails.org</a> <script>alert('Script!')</script>"

Customize Links and Shorten Text

post_body = "Welcome to my new blog at http://www.myblog.com/.  Please e-mail me at me@email.com."
auto_link(post_body, :html => { :target => '_blank' }) do |text|
  truncate(text, :length => 15)
end
# => "Welcome to my new blog at <a href=\"http://www.myblog.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.m...</a>.

Requirements

rails > 3.1

tenderlove/rails_autolink