refactors debate_links using an attr_accessor

refactors debate_links using an attr_accessor

app/controllers/debate_links_controller.rb

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ class DebateLinksController < ApplicationController
   private
 
     def create_params
-      params.require(:debate).permit(:title, :external_link, :tag_list, :terms_of_service, :captcha, :captcha_key)
+      params.require(:debate).permit(:title, :external_link, :tag_list, :terms_of_service, :captcha, :captcha_key).merge(link_required: true)
     end
 
     def debate_params
-      params.require(:debate).permit(:title, :external_link, :tag_list, :terms_of_service, :captcha, :captcha_key)
+      params.require(:debate).permit(:title, :external_link, :tag_list, :terms_of_service, :captcha, :captcha_key).merge(link_required: true)
     end
 
     def after_create_path
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ class DebateLinksController < ApplicationController
 
     def resource_model
       Debate
-    end 
-    
+    end
+
 end

app/models/debate.rb

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ class Debate < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates :title, length: { in: 4..Debate.title_max_length }
   validates :description, length: { in: 10..Debate.description_max_length }, :if => :description_required?
 
-  validates :external_link, :presence => true, 
-            length: { in: 10..Debate.external_link_max_length }, 
-            format: { with: /https?:\/\/*/},   
+  validates :external_link, :presence => true,
+            length: { in: 10..Debate.external_link_max_length },
+            format: { with: /https?:\/\/*/},
             :if => :link_required?
 
   validates :terms_of_service, acceptance: { allow_nil: false }, on: :create
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class Debate < ActiveRecord::Base
   # Ahoy setup
   visitable # Ahoy will automatically assign visit_id on create
 
+  attr_accessor :link_required
+
   def searchable_values
     { title              => 'A',
       author.username    => 'B',
@@ -132,19 +134,11 @@ class Debate < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
 
   def description_required?
-    if self.external_link == nil
-      return true
-    else
-      return false
-    end
+    !link_required?
   end
-  
+
   def link_required?
-    if self.external_link == nil
-      return false
-    else
-      return true
-    end  
+    link_required
   end
 
 end

spec/models/debate_spec.rb

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ describe Debate do
   end
 
   describe "#external_link" do
+    before { debate.link_required = true }
 
     it "should not be valid without a url" do
       debate.external_link = ""