I am using the Audited gem in my application for tracking user log. Everything is working fine except for current user tracking.
In my case, I have 2 models: Instructor and Student. Instructor will be the current_admin_user, and I need to find the student manually.
To overcome this issue, I tried to override current_user_method and create an audited.rb file in the initializers with below content:
Audited.current_user_method = :current_admin_user
This is working fine, but when I use any other method like current_user_or_student ...
Audited.current_user_method = :current_user_or_student
in application_controller.rb ...
def current_user_or_student
current_admin_user || InstructorStudent.find_by_id(id)
end
it is not going into this method, even current_admin_user is also not storing in audits.
Why isn't my current_user_or_student method being called when overriding it in application_controller.rb?
Finally I resolved my issue, I am using STI (single table inheritance) .
my other controllers of instructor was not inherite from application controller. so my current_user_or_student was not called for instructor login .
To overcome this issue, i create one controller concern called audited_user.rb
and write following method in concern
def current_user_or_student
current_admin_user || InstructorStudent.find_by_id(id)
end
and included this concern in both my instructor base controller and application controller. now everything is working fine and my audited user is also save correctly.
I hope this will save any others day.