Resyful authenticatio current_user in model

Rails
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Hi,
I am using Restful authentication for user authentication.
I want the current logged in user object in my model property.rb
Problem is current_user is not working on model.

How can I fix this I need that?

Please help me out.

Thanks,
Mike

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On 16 Sep 2010, at 09:31, Mike D. wrote:

I am using Restful authentication for user authentication.
I want the current logged in user object in my model property.rb
Problem is current_user is not working on model.

How can I fix this I need that?

You have two options:

  1. Pass the current user from your controller into your model method:
    some_model.some_method(current_user)
  2. Use threads to set a class variable on the User model. You can
    either use the userstamp gem/plugin to provide you the functionality
    (User.stamper) or extract the necessary code and roll your own:
    GitHub - grosser/userstamp: This Rails plugin extends ActiveRecord::Base to add automatic updating of created_by and updated_by attributes of your models in much the same way that the ActiveRecord::Timestamp module updates created_(at/on) and updated_(at/on) attributes.

The first method respects the separation of MVC better, the second can
be more convenient in some cases. It’s up to you to decide the best
route.

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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Mike D. wrote:

Hi,
I am using Restful authentication for user authentication.
[…]

This isn’t directly related to your issue…but if you don’t mind a bit
of advice, I highly recommend removing restful_authentication from your
project as soon as possible. It relies on unmaintainable generated
code, and so is needlessly hard to work with. I recommend Authlogic
instead.

Thanks,
Mike

Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
[email protected]

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The third option is to make virtual attribute on the model and always
set it when needed in the controller

class Model
attr_accessor :current_user

def some_method
if current_user.admin?
#foo
else
#bar
end
end
end

class FoosController

def index
m = Model.find(…)
m.current_user = current_user
m.some_method()
end

end

Marnen: What’s so ‘unmaintainable’ in your opinion?

Robert Pankowecki