Question

Is there a way to check which controller method was called from within the model?

Example:
Say the controller create method was called:

def create
     do something
end

Then in the model do something only when create in the controller was called

if create?
      do something
end

Answer 1

I’d imagine you could examine the call stack but this is exactly what models are not for: they should now nothing about the controller.

Examining the stack:

if caller.grep /create/
  # do something
elsif caller.grep /update/
  #do something else
end

Should do the trick.