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user3717009

Reputation: 37

How to set user attribute using devise user_id before_create

Using devise, I'm trying to set a custom attribute automatically after a user is created.

Here is what I have in my User model.

 after_save :set_attribute_to_devise_id

 private

   def set_attribute_to_devise_id
    self.custom_attribute = self.id
   end

When a user registers and an account is created, the custom_attribute is not saving the ID that devise generated. However, when testing in the console, running User.save on the user seems to update the custom_attribute, but does not persist or save to the database permanently.

I've tried after_commit as well as after_create without any luck. How do I save the user.id from Devise automatically to another attribute column on user creation?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 610

Answers (1)

Fer
Fer

Reputation: 3347

The callback should be before_save at max.
after_save is run when all the changes have been saved into the database, so in this case it is too late.

Upvotes: 2

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