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Reputation: 181

Passing params when using after_create method Rails

I have an application where a user adds a subscription and an account is automatically created for that subscription. I also want to pass the current user to the account model as the account_manager. So far I have:

class Subscription < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one :account
  after_create :create_account #after a subscription is created, automatically create an associated account

  def create_account
   Account.create :account_manager_id => "1" #need to modify this to get current user
  end
end



class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :users 
  belongs_to :account_manager, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => 'account_manager_id'
  belongs_to :subscription, :dependent => :destroy
end

This works fine for the first user obviously but any attempts I've made to pass current_user, self, params, etc fails. Also when I use the def method the subscription ID is no longer passed to the account. I tried passing the current user through the AccountController but nothing happens. In fact I can still create an account if my AccountController is completely blank. Is after_create the best way to create an associated account and how do I pass the user to the account model? Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1033

Answers (1)

Marcelo Risoli
Marcelo Risoli

Reputation: 802

If you are using devise, you can do this directly in the controller with the current_user helper without a callback:

# subscriptions_controller.rb
def create
  ...
  if @subscription.save
    @subscription.create_account(account_manager: current_user)
  end
end

Upvotes: 1

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