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Reputation: 1740

How to call the ApplicationController helper method in model? RoR

Guys I've a helper method in ApplicationController as follows

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  helper_method :current_user
end

And I want to call it in my model (say Project) as follows:

class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
  after_save :update_other_tables

  private

  def update_other_tables
  # if project saves, Create a new insteance into User Projects
  @userproject=UserProject.new(
   :user_id=>User.current_user.id,
   :project_id=>self.id
  )
  @userproject.save
end

Here, I'm getting error like undefined method `current_user' So, How to call the this method in model? please help me

Upvotes: 0

Views: 592

Answers (2)

Theo Scholiadis
Theo Scholiadis

Reputation: 2396

I would do it in the following way:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  # Assignment method
  def current_user=(user)
    @current_user = user
  end

  # Returns the current user, nil otherwise
  def current_user
    @current_user
  end
end

Now when a user logs in you can set: current_user = the_user

And from the point onwards you can do: current_user.id

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 1

Baz1nga
Baz1nga

Reputation: 15579

not a ruby guy but I am guessing the User here isnt referring to the User that is present in your controller namespace and that is why there is no method current_user on the object.. You probably need to pass the User object to your helper method or just pass the id..

The above theory is from my experience dealing with something similar in .Net MVC so please correct me if I am wrong and I will delete the answer..

P.S: was too long of a comment

Upvotes: 0

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