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Ray
Ray

Reputation: 349

Actionmailer validate maximum email sent

I want the user to be able to send no more than 5 emails a day. Is it possible to validate that?

user_mailer.rb

class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
  def contact_email(from_email, body, to_email)
     @body = body

     @user = User.find_by(email: to_email)
     mail(from: from_email, to: to_email, subject: '', cc: from_email)
  end
end

users_controller.rb

def send_mail
  @user = User.find(params[:id])
  @body = params[:message]

  UserMailer.contact_email(current_user.email, @body, @user.email).deliver_now
end

Upvotes: 1

Views: 143

Answers (1)

Oss
Oss

Reputation: 4322

You can create a model SentMail with user_id and created_at.

Modify your User model to include has_many :sent_mails

Then modify your send_mail method as follows.

def send_mail
  @user = User.find(params[:id])
  @body = params[:message]
  if @user.sent_mails.last_day.count < 5
    UserMailer.contact_email(current_user.email, @body, @user.email).deliver_now
    @user.sent_mails.create
  end
end

In your SentMail model create a scope last_day that creates the following query where(created_at: 24.hours.ago..DateTime.now.utc)

The SentMail model is also a good way to track the emails sent out and would be good if you want to store the state of the email if it was opened, delivered, clicked, etc..

Upvotes: 1

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