How do I check if an ActionText::Attachable is attached to an ActionText::Content?

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Hi, guys!

These are the two classes in question I have currently in my app.

class Post < ApplicationRecord
  has_rich_text :content
end

class VideoEmbed < ApplicationRecord
  include ActionText::Attachable
end

For context, when users are writing a Post, they can copy a valid video link (e.g. YouTube, Twitch) and it will show a thumbnail in the editor in place the link. The user can remove the thumbnail anytime if they don’t want to embed the video in the post.

Behind the scenes, when a valid video link is posted, I create a VideoEmbed record to embed to the Posts rich_text_content, basically as an ActionText::Attachment. I don’t remove the VideoEmbed record when the user removes the thumbnail, as it breaks the undo mechanism in the Trix editor. This means that there are VideoEmbed records that are created, but are not embedded to the Posts if the user decides to not embed it.

I want to create a Rake task that checks for VideoEmbeds that are not attached to any Posts, and then delete them. However, I can’t find an easy way to get these records because the VideoEmbed is not directly attached to the Post model. Instead, the attachment is linked through the rich_text_content column of Post.

Have you guys came across a situation like these? I am struggling to find a solution to this in a Rake task. One way is to check and delete the VideoEmbed records when the user creates or updates the post, is this the best way to do so?

Thanks for your input!