ActiveRecord extension to print Fabrication definition!

to_fabirication.rb

# This is port of https://gist.github.com/4029778 (ActiveRecord extension to print FactoryGirl definition!)

class ActiveRecord::Base
  def to_fabrication
    ignores = %w(id created_at updated_at)
    array = []
    array << "Fabricator(:#{self.class.model_name.underscore}) do"
    width = attributes.map{ |a| a[0].size }.max.to_i
    attributes.each do |key, value|
      next if ignores.include?(key)
      if key =~ /_id$/
        array << "  %s" % key.gsub(/_id$/, '') 
      else
        array << "  %-#{width}s %s" % [key, value.inspect]
      end 
    end 
    array << "end"
    array.join("\n")
  end 
  alias_method :to_fb, :to_fabrication
end