jam-cloud/web/app/helpers/users_helper.rb

module UsersHelper

  # Returns the Gravatar (http://gravatar.com/) for the given user.
  def gravatar_for(user, options = { size: 50, hclass: "gravatar" })
    gravatar_id = Digest::MD5::hexdigest(user.email.downcase)
    size = options[:size]
    hclass = options[:hclass]
    gravatar = 
    gravatar_url = "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/#{gravatar_id}?s=#{size}"
    image_tag(gravatar_url, alt: "#{user.first_name} #{user.last_name}", class: "#{hclass}")
  end

  # this must be a user created by the MusicSession.approved_rsvp method
  def process_approved_rsvps(approved_rsvp)

    instrument_list = []

    # instruments are all denormalized into json arrays. fix em up into an instrument_list on the user object
    instrument_ids = approved_rsvp[:instrument_ids]
    instrument_descs = approved_rsvp[:instrument_descriptions]
    instrument_proficiencies = approved_rsvp[:instrument_proficiencies]
    rsvp_request_id = approved_rsvp[:rsvp_request_ids][0] # there should always be only one

    instrument_ids.each_with_index do |instrument_id, i|
      desc = instrument_descs[i]
      level = instrument_proficiencies[i]
      instrument_list.push({ id: instrument_id, desc: desc, level: level})
    end

    instrument_list
  end
end