ruby-on-railsactiverecordrails-models

Rails hide Model field by default to every query

I hava users table and it has a field password_digest and I am working with an API and I want to appply this:

Users.all.select(*User.attribute_names.reject { |attr| attr == 'password_digest' })

but I have to write this in every query I do, how can I set this as a default behavior.

Solution

  • You can use default scope: 

    class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  default_scope select(*User.attribute_names.reject { |attr| attr == 'password_digest' })
end

    Another way : 

    class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  default_scope select(User.column_names - ["password_digest"])
end

    Reference:
    https://apidock.com/rails/ActiveRecord/Base/default_scope/class