method

connects_to

rails latest stable - Class: ActiveRecord::ConnectionHandling

connects_to(database: {}, shards: {})

public

Connects a model to the databases specified. The database keyword takes a hash consisting of a role and a database_key.

This will look up the database config using the database_key and establish a connection to that config.

class AnimalsModel < ApplicationRecord
  self.abstract_class = true

  connects_to database: { writing: :primary, reading: :primary_replica }
end

connects_to also supports horizontal sharding. The horizontal sharding API supports read replicas as well. You can connect a model to a list of shards like this:

class AnimalsModel < ApplicationRecord
  self.abstract_class = true

  connects_to shards: {
    default: { writing: :primary, reading: :primary_replica },
    shard_two: { writing: :primary_shard_two, reading: :primary_shard_replica_two }
  }
end

Returns an array of database connections.

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_handling.rb, line 81
    def connects_to(database: {}, shards: {})
      raise NotImplementedError, "`connects_to` can only be called on ActiveRecord::Base or abstract classes" unless self == Base || abstract_class?

      if database.present? && shards.present?
        raise ArgumentError, "`connects_to` can only accept a `database` or `shards` argument, but not both arguments."
      end

      connections = []

      if shards.empty?
        shards[:default] = database
      end

      self.default_shard = shards.keys.first

      shards.each do |shard, database_keys|
        database_keys.each do |role, database_key|
          db_config = resolve_config_for_connection(database_key)

          self.connection_class = true
          connections << connection_handler.establish_connection(db_config, owner_name: self, role: role, shard: shard.to_sym)
        end
      end

      connections
    end

connects_to

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