def action_buttons(user)
case current_user.friendship_status(user) when "friends"
yield(link_to "Cancel Friendship", friendship_path(current_user.friendship_relation(user)), method: :delete, class: "btn btn-primary btn-xs")
when "pending"
yield(link_to "Cancel Request", friendship_path(current_user.friendship_relation(user)), method: :delete, class: "btn btn-primary btn-xs")
when "requested"
yield(link_to "Accept", accept_friendship_path(current_user.friendship_relation(user)), method: :put, class: "btn btn-primary btn-xs")
yield(link_to "Decline", friendship_path(current_user.friendship_relation(user)), method: :delete, class: "btn btn-default btn-xs")
when "not_friends"
yield(link_to "Add as Friend", friendships_path(user_id: user.id), method: :post, class: "btn btn-primary btn-xs")
end
end
In this way, the template just provides the operation to do to each link in a block.
That block might just be { |link| link } if all you want is concatenation, but you could also have it wrap in tags or whatever.
I’d still recommend factoring out the link_to so that it’s less repetitive.