Trying to make associations with Rails - ruby

Question

i'm learning Rails and i'm doing an exercise to practice associations and migration files.
Currently, trying to make a models between users, auction item, and bids.
So far for the migrate files I have the following:
class CreateItem < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :auction do |t|
t.string :item_name
t.string :condition
t.date :start_date
t.date :end_date
t.text :description
t.timestamps
end
end
end
class CreateBids < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :bids do |t|
t.integer :user_id
t.integer :auction_id
t.timestamps
end
end
end
class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :users do |t|
t.string :email
t.string :username
t.string :password_digest
t.timestamps
end
end
end
These are the following models:
class Bid < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :bidder, class_name: "User", foreign_key: "bidder_id"
belongs_to :auction
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :bids
has_many :auctions, :foreign_key => 'bidder_id'
has_secure_password
end
class Auction < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :seller, class_name: "User", foreign_key: :user_id
has_many :bids
has_many :bidders, through: :bids
end
Any suggestions or opinions? I'm currently trying to test the tables but auctions doesn't seem to be working...
Specifically, my auction table can't seem to find a user_id and therefore a user doesn't have any auctions.

Answer 1

foreign_key refers to the _id (by default) or any unique attribute used to associate the models.
I can't see bidder model, you need to replace them with user_id as they are associated to user model.
Refer for more details belongs_to

Answer 2

class CreateBids < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table :bids do |t|
t.integer :user_id **do not think this is correct**
t.integer :auction_id **or this one**
t.timestamps
end
end
end
You want to use something more along the lines of the following
class CreateGames < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
def change
create_table :games do |t|
t.integer :total_time
t.references :version, foreign_key: true **#this is how a foreign key should be declared**
t.integer :total_points
t.timestamps
end
end
end
Alternatively, if you want to change things in future migrations you can always add a reference:
def change
add_reference :levels, :version, foreign_key: true
end