ElixirExtensions

A set of convenient extensions for developing services with Elixir/Phoenix

Installation

the package can be installed by adding elixir_extensions to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:elixir_extensions, "~> 0.1.0"}
  ]
end

Usage

Core(String,Map)

• For extending String, Map utility functions.

  use ElixirExtensions # import core extentions

• underscore_keys

  iex> underscore_keys(%{"helloWorld" => "elixirHi"})
  %{"hello_world" => "elixirHi"}

• truncate

  iex> truncate("hello world", length: 5)
  "he..."

• stringify_keys

  iex> stringify_keys(%{hello: "world"})
  %{"hello" => "world"}

• slugify

  iex> slugify("hello world")
  "hello-world"
  
  iex> slugify("Hello world", separator: "")    
  "helloworld"

Ecto

• Extend Repo with some useful functions.

  defmodule MyApp.Repo do
    use Ecto.Repo,
      otp_app: :my_app,
      adapter: Ecto.Adapters.Postgres
  
    use ElixirExtensions.Ecto.RepoExt # Add this line to your repo.
  end

• Extend Changeset with some useful functions.

  defmodule MyApp.Accounts.User do
    use Ecto.Schema
    import Ecto.Changeset
    alias ElixirExtensions.Ecto.ChangesetExt #  Add this line to your schema file.
    ...
  end

• Extend Ecto.Query with some useful functions.

  import Ecto.Query, warn: false
  alias ElixirExtensions.Ecto.QueryExt #  Add this line to your Context module file.

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