mynewsdesk

# The following lookups will be cached:
#
# User.find(123)
# User.find_by_id(123)
# User.find_by_username("Joe")
# User.find_by_email("joe@example.com")
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  cachable_model :find_by => [:username, :email]
end

mynewsdesk

module URI
  # Safe alternative to URI.parse(uri_string).host to avoid exception being thrown
  # on URLs with trailing spaces or invalid URLs. See also:
  # http://www.practicalguile.com/2007/09/15/raising-uriinvalidurierror-from-a-perfectly-valid-uri/
  def self.host(uri_string)
    begin
      URI.parse(uri_string.try(:strip)).host
    rescue URI::InvalidURIError
      nil
    end

mynewsdesk

config.before(:each, :behaviour_type => :controller) do
  rescue_action_in_public!
end