Question

I am starting to use devise and i want to be able to update a user attribute to online or off line. i have this

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  private

  def after_sign_in_path_for(resource_or_scope)
    #update user status to online
    root_path
  end

  def after_sign_out_path_for(resource_or_scope)
    #update user status to offline
    root_path
  end
end

but i do not no how to write the update method

Answer 1

I’ve done this in the past:

Warden::Manager.after_authentication do |user,auth,opts|
  user.update_attribute(:currently_signed_in, true)
end

Warden::Manager.before_logout do |user,auth,opts|
  user.update_attribute(:currently_signed_in, false)
end

See this question: Devise call backs