# Allows unique IP address (10.0.1.20), and IP addresses with a mask (10.0.0.0/8). # Useful when storing in a Postgresql inet column. class IpAddressFormatValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator def validate_each(record, attribute, value) if rails4? # In Rails 4, ip_address will be nil if an invalid IP address was assigned. # https://github.com/jetthoughts/rails/commit/0aa95a71b04f2893921c58a7c1d9fca60dbdcbc2 if record.ip_address.nil? record.errors.add(attribute, :invalid) end else unless !record.ip_address.nil? and record.ip_address.to_s.split('/').first =~ Resolv::AddressRegex record.errors.add(attribute, :invalid) end end end end