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copied!<p>I've been building messaging in a rails app for users to be able to send each other messages. I've looked at a few gems such as mailboxer but ultimately decided to build my own.</p> <p>I'm hoping someone can help me put these pieces together. I've been following a similar question's answer <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5141564/model-users-message-in-rails-3">here</a>.</p> <p>I'm testing in the rails console and I keep getting the following error: </p> <p>undefined method `send_message' for #</p> <p>How can I fix this?</p> <p><strong>Controller</strong></p> <pre><code>class MessagesController < ApplicationController # create a comment and bind it to an article and a user def create @user = User.find(params[:id]) @sender = current_user @message = Message.send_message(@sender, @user) flash[:success] = "Message Sent." flash[:failure] = "There was an error saving your comment (empty comment or comment way to long)" end end </code></pre> <p><strong>Routes</strong></p> <pre><code> resources :users, :except => [ :create, :new ] do resources :store resources :messages, :only => [:create, :destroy] end </code></pre> <p><strong>Messages Model</strong></p> <pre><code>class Message < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :user scope :sent, where(:sent => true) scope :received, where(:sent => false) def send_message(from, recipients) recipients.each do |recipient| msg = self.clone msg.sent = false msg.user_id = recipient msg.save end self.update_attributes :user_id => from.id, :sent => true end end </code></pre>

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