How to pass user_id to nested_resource model?

Question

I have a small project setup with devise and cancan. There are User, Project, Responsible and Task Models. Project has nested Tasks. Each Project is assigned to one or multiple users. The task model has a name, user_id and project_id. Authentication and Authorization is working like expected.

When adding a new Task (only an input for name) the project_id gets automatically passed to model/table (i think this is because of routing) but not the user_id.

Do i have to pass the user_id in a hidden_field or is it somehow possible to set this in a before filter?

Can somebody give a hint on howto set user_id in taskcontroller?

Thanks

# Routes

resources :projects do
  resources :tasks
end

#Models

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :responsibilities, :dependent => :destroy 
  has_many :projects, :through => :responsibilities 
  has_many :tasks, :dependent => :destroy 
...

class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :tasks, :dependent => :destroy 
...

class Task < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :project
  belongs_to :user 
...

# Tasks Controller with all Task.find/new/update/... 
# methods removed like explained in cancan manual

class TasksController < ApplicationController
  load_and_authorize_resource :project
  load_and_authorize_resource :task, :through => :project
  ...
  def create
    respond_to do |format|
      if @task.save
        format.html { redirect_to [@project, @task], notice: 'created.' }
      else
        format.html { render action: "new" }
      end
  end

# Task Form View
<%= semantic_form_for [@project, @task] do |f| %>
  <%= f.inputs do %>
    <%= f.input :name %>
  <% end %>
  <%= f.actions %>
<% end %>

Update

It seems to work with a before filter. Is this the right way?

class TasksController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :set_user, :only => [:create]
  load_and_authorize_resource :client
  load_and_authorize_resource :task, :through => :client, :shallow => true
  ...
  def set_user()
    params[:task][:user_id] = current_user.id.to_s
  end
  ...

Answer 1

if you are using devise you can just pass in the create action you user_id

  def create
     @task.user = current_user
    respond_to do |format|
      if @task.save
        format.html { redirect_to [@project, @task], notice: 'created.' }
      else
        format.html { render action: "new" }
      end
  end

not quiet sure if this is what you mean