Devise current_user with single table inheritance

Asked May 12 '16 at 01:45

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I have a user model with an admin submodel.

class Admin < User
end

I have devise set up and a 'type' column in the user model. The routes look like this:

devise_for :users, :controllers => { :sessions => 'sessions' }, :skip => :registrations
devise_for :admins, :skip => :sessions

I am unclear on how to override devise so I can access an admin using the current_user helper.

Right now name is undefined from <%= current_user.name %>

Is an admin not also a user? I'm not sure why current_user is nil.

In my sessions_controller I have:

class SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController
  def create
    rtn = super
    sign_in(resource.type.underscore, resource.type.constantize.send(:find, resource.id)) unless resource.type.nil?
    rtn
  end
end

edited May 12 '16 at 05:06

asked May 12 '16 at 01:45

user2759575

Have you tried restarting your app after you made your last changes? – Yimanei May 12 '16 at 03:33
Ah that make current_admin available. Any clue on how to make current_user work? – user2759575 May 12 '16 at 05:08
The `name` attribute is on User or on Admin? – Yimanei May 12 '16 at 05:34
Name is a user attribute – user2759575 May 12 '16 at 15:21

Devise current_user with single table inheritance

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