find vs find_by vs where

by

where returns ActiveRecord::Relation

Now take a look at find_by implementation:

def find_by
  where(*args).take
end

As you can see find_by is the same as where but it returns only one record. This method should be used for getting 1 record and where should be used for getting all records with some conditions.

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