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Erin Walker
Erin Walker

Reputation: 739

How to save a user name in the form with Rails?

I haven't coded in Rails for a while so struggling a bit.

When a user created a post via a form I made, how can I have the users user name be automatically saved with the post.

I use Facebook Omniauth for authentication.

When I for example search\index all the posts the name is on that post.

What will the code for the show page be?

Here is my index page code:

Name:
?????
From:
<%= post.from %>
To:
<%= post.to %>
Date:
<%= post.date %>

The Form:

      <div class="field">
      <%= f.label :name %>
      <%= ? %>
      </div>
      <div class="field">
      <%= f.label :from %>
      <%= f.text_field :from, :class => 'address-picker-input' %>
      </div>
      <div class="field">
      <%= f.label :to %>
      <%= f.text_field :to, :class => 'address-picker-input' %>
      </div>
      <div class="field">
      <%= f.label :date %>
      <%= f.text_field :date, :class=> "field shorter"  %>
      </div>

The controller:

       def create
       @post = current_user.posts.build(params[:post])

Upvotes: 0

Views: 98

Answers (1)

davegson
davegson

Reputation: 8331

In your controller you are passing posts from your current user:

def create
   @post = current_user.posts.build(params[:post])
end

Just add a line and pass the user info:

@user_info = current_user.user_info
# => included data: name, nickname, first_name, last_name

Check the docs for more data you can work with.

Finally, you could easily implement the wished data in your view:

<div class="username">
<%= @user.name %>
</div>

Upvotes: 1

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