after_create trigger just if is called from rails_admin?

Question

Hi I have a custom after_create action in my model, but I just want to trigger it if the object was created from Rails_admin, is there any way to do that?

Answer 1

Sure. Add a virtual attribute to the model, set its value in the controller based on some attribute sent via Rails_admin or whether the current_user is an admin, then check for it in your custom callback. For example, if your model is a User:

class User < ApplicationRecord
  attr_accessor :is_admin #Virtual Attribute
  after_create :my_custom_callback

  
  def my_custom_callback
    unless self.is_admin.blank?
      #Handle callback logic
    end
  end
end

Add a param to the data coming from Rails_admin. You can skip this if you have some type of 'admin' role on the current user.

Then in your controller that handles the creation of the object, set the is_admin attribute on your model instance like:

  def create
    @user = User.new(blah blah blah)
    unless params[:rails_admin].blank? # Ideally current_user.admin would be better
      @user.is_admin = true
    end
    @user.save
  end