Question

How do I make devise execute functions after sign up, sign in etc. I tried putting functions like this in my application controller.

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  private
  def after_sign_up_path_for(resource_or_scope)
    execute stuff
  end
end

With my routes like this

devise_for :users do
     get "/users/sign_out" => "devise/sessions#destroy", :as => :destroy_user_session
end

This doesn’t seem to do anything. I also tried making an sessions controller like so

class SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController
    functions
end

With my routes like this

devise_for :users, :controllers => {:sessions => 'devise/sessions'} do
    get "/users/sign_out" => "devise/sessions#destroy", :as => :destroy_user_session
end

This doesn’t seem to do anything as well, is there something I’m missing in making devise responsive. (I initially set up devise using this tutorial)
https://github.com/fortuity/rails3-subdomain-devise/wiki/Tutorial-(Walkthrough)

Answer 1

You can create your own sessions_controller which inherits from Devise::SessionsController and override the actions you’d like to customize. For example, to perform some action after a user signs in, you could do:

class SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController
  def create
    super
    perform_custom_stuff
  end
end

If calling super is insufficient, you could reproduce the current implementation of Devise::SessionsController#create in your controller. Then you have full control over what’s happening and can customize to tailor your exact needs. This may not be the prettiest solution, but might be necessary (at least to keep you going).