Search model example

controller.rb

class Cligest::DocumentsController < ApplicationController
  # ...

  def index
    @document_search = DocumentSearch.new(document_search_params)
    @documents = @document_search.perform

    # perhaps a few more initializations
    
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html {}
      format.js {}
    end
  end
  
  # ...
  
  private
    def document_search_params
    end
end

example.rb

class DocumentSearch
  include ActiveModel::Model
  include ActiveModel::Conversion
  extend  ActiveModel::Naming
  include ActiveModel::Attributes
  include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
  include ActiveModel::Validations
  #include ActiveModel::AttributeAssignment
  include ActiveRecord::AttributeAssignment

  attribute :starts_at, :datetime
  attribute :ends_at, :datetime
  attribute :text, :string
  attribute :tag_ids, :string
  attribute :catalog_ids, :string

  # returns a Document search by provided attributes
  def perform
  end
end