Requisites:
- Create a free account at https://www.mailgun.com/
- Save your API Key as a environment variables:
export MAILGUN_API_KEY=key-1111111111111111111111111
As example, I will use a model named Request.
Ben Hawker benhawker
benhawker
/ README.md
Created
July 19, 2017 09:01
— forked from lopezjurip/README.md
Ruby on Rails - Send (batch) emails using mailgun-ruby (HTTP, not SMTP)
benhawker
/ friendly_urls.markdown
Created
July 19, 2017 20:45
— forked from cdmwebs/friendly_urls.markdown
Friendly URLs in Rails
By default, Rails applications build URLs based on the primary key -- the id column from the database. Imagine we have a Person model and associated controller. We have a person record for Bob Martin that has id number 6. The URL for his show page would be:
/people/6
But, for aesthetic or SEO purposes, we want Bob's name in the URL. The last segment, the 6 here, is called the "slug". Let's look at a few ways to implement better slugs.