Passing extra data to find_or_create

Question

Something I\'ve always wondered about rails is the ability to pass extra data to find_or_create methods in rails. For example, I can\'t do the following

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Answer 1

With rails 4.x

DEPRECATION WARNING: This dynamic method is deprecated. Please use e.g. Post.find_or_create_by(name: 'foo') instead

Use this

User.find_or_create_by(first_name: 'Scarlett') do |user|
  user.last_name = 'Johansson'
end