Get sorted list of the top voted Models from DB - activerecord

Question

Using: Rails 4.1.4, PostgreSQL 9.1.13
Hi. I'm have a simple problem, but for some reason I can't get it done. The picture is this:
Models
class Article < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
has_many :votes
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :articles
has_many :votes
end
class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :article
belongs_to :user, scope: :hotel_id
validates_inclusion_of :value, in: 0..5
validates_uniqueness_of :user_id, :article_id
end
Idea
Each User can Vote for each Article but only once (to avoid multiple voting).
Vote model has a 'value' attribute that is the range 0..10.
ArticlesController except standard CRUD methods has action #showcase which must return 5 articles with the top votes rating from the DB and sort them in the descending order (and render the respective view).
So I understand that the proper way is to write the class method in the Article Model (smth. like "by_top_votes") and use it in the ArticlesController#showcase:
def showcase
#top_five_articles = Article.by_top_votes
end
The problem is that I can't write the proper query to the DB which will: 1)find articles, 2)find all votes of the each article, 3) sum all values of the respective article's votes, 4)sort them (this step I know how to do).
Thank you for reading and for the help.
P.S. Maybe my way to solve problem is almost wrong. If this so, please tell my the right one.

Answer 1

Ok, I've done it by myself. If anybody will stuck with the same problem, here is solution for it.
1. In Vote model summarize the vote's values:
def self.sum_value
sum(:value)
end
2. Add new attribute (and column) to Article - user_rating:integer.
3. In the Article model define two class methods:
# assign user_rating attribute with the sum of all votes values
def set_user_rating
user_rating = self.votes.sum_value
self.update_attribute(:user_rating, user_rating)
end
# get top 5 articles by user_rating value from db
def self.top_by_user_rating
Article.order(:user_rating).reverse_order.limit(5)
end
4. In the ArticlesController define showcase action:
def showcase
#top_articles = Article.top_by_user_rating
end
5. In the VotesController define create action:
def create
#article = Article.find(params[:article_id])
#vote = #article.votes.create(vote_params)
if #vote.save
#article.set_user_rating
redirect_to #article, notice: "Thanks for your vote"
else
.
end
end
It works and tests are passing.