Ruby convert Object to Hash

Question

Let\'s say I have a Gift object with @name = \"book\" & @price = 15.95. What\'s the best way to convert that to the Hash {na

Answer 1

Implement #to_hash?

class Gift
  def to_hash
    hash = {}
    instance_variables.each { |var| hash[var.to_s.delete('@')] = instance_variable_get(var) }
    hash
  end
end


h = Gift.new("Book", 19).to_hash

Answer 2

Gift.new.attributes.symbolize_keys

Answer 3

class Gift
  def initialize
    @name = "book"
    @price = 15.95
  end
end

gift = Gift.new
hash = {}
gift.instance_variables.each {|var| hash[var.to_s.delete("@")] = gift.instance_variable_get(var) }
p hash # => {"name"=>"book", "price"=>15.95}

Alternatively with each_with_object:

gift = Gift.new
hash = gift.instance_variables.each_with_object({}) { |var, hash| hash[var.to_s.delete("@")] = gift.instance_variable_get(var) }
p hash # => {"name"=>"book", "price"=>15.95}

Answer 4

Gift.new.instance_values # => {"name"=>"book", "price"=>15.95}

Answer 5

For Active Record Objects

module  ActiveRecordExtension
  def to_hash
    hash = {}; self.attributes.each { |k,v| hash[k] = v }
    return hash
  end
end

class Gift < ActiveRecord::Base
  include ActiveRecordExtension
  ....
end

class Purchase < ActiveRecord::Base
  include ActiveRecordExtension
  ....
end

and then just call

gift.to_hash()
purch.to_hash() 

Answer 6

class Gift
  def to_hash
    instance_variables.map do |var|
      [var[1..-1].to_sym, instance_variable_get(var)]
    end.to_h
  end
end