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Asked: 2026-05-23T09:16:20+00:00

I’m new in Rails development. I’ve just created really simple Rails App and Rails

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I’m new in Rails development. I’ve just created really simple Rails App and Rails Engine (which only displays static text with this example: https://github.com/mankind/Rails-3-engine-example ). I am wondering if it is possible to use the user model from main app inside the engine. If it is no clear… for example I want to get logged user data inside my engine. Is it possible, and how?

Engine is an Rails App itself so how can I develop engine without model (for example user model) from my main app? Any sugestions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes it’s possible like in your core app.

    The code inside an engine works the same way as in the app itself so I guess you’d use before_filter to check this.

    I highly recommend you use a dummy app to test the engine you are coding. Look at my gem here: https://github.com/apneadiving/Google-Maps-for-Rails

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