class EmbeddableHost < ActiveRecord::Base validates_format_of :host, :with => /\A[a-z0-9]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[a-z]{2,5}(:[0-9]{1,5})?(\/.*)?\Z/i belongs_to :category before_validation do self.host.sub!(/^https?:\/\//, '') self.host.sub!(/\/.*$/, '') end def self.record_for_host(host) uri = URI(host) rescue nil return false unless uri.present? host = uri.host return false unless host.present? where("lower(host) = ?", host).first end def self.host_allowed?(host) record_for_host(host).present? end end