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user2159586
user2159586

Reputation: 203

undefined method 'configure' inside the initializer? added a new ruby gem

I installed the gem Bitly into my rails app

I did it by running gem install bitly

then I manually added gem 'bitly' into my gemfile

I created this inside `config\initializers\bitly.rb

Bitly.configure do |config|
  config.api_version = 3
  config.login = "myusername"
  config.api_key = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
end

I'm trying to get my rails server running but I get this error I've never seen before

Exiting
C:/app/config/initializers/bitly.rb:1:in `<top (
required)>': undefined method `configure' for Bitly:Module (NoMethodError)

How can I resolve this issue and make this gem work?

I am trying to use the gem inside one of my models

bitly.shorten("http://mydomain.com/article/#{id}")

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1683

Answers (1)

tessi
tessi

Reputation: 13574

Bitly is currently available in version 0.8.1 on rubygems. This version does not support Bitly.configure. I recomend you use the gem from github, until someone releases a newer version on rubygems.

The bitly line in your Gemfile should look like this:

gem "bitly", :git => 'https://github.com/philnash/bitly/'

Then do a bundle install and bitly should work the way you expect.

Edit: There is even a github issue for that error :)

Upvotes: 1

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