Currently I allow users to follow one another on my rails app (similar to twitter).
I would love if New Users that sign up to the site Automatically follow Admin User.
Similar to how MySpace use to automatically make Tom your first friend
Below is the code I use to create new users and allow users to follow one another.(i know this is a very broad question but .....)
(Can someone please point me in the right direction onto how I can get this started. Would I need to create a method....in my models or add code to the controller?)
New to Rails Please help)... :)
USER CONTROLLER
class UsersController < ApplicationController
before_filter :admin_user, only: [:destroy]
respond_to :html, :js
def new
@user = RegularUser.new
end
def index
@users = User.paginate(page: params[:page], :per_page => 100).search(params[:search])
end
def destroy
User.find_by_username(params[:id]).destroy
flash[:success] = "User destroyed."
redirect_to users_url
end
def create
@user = RegularUser.new(params[:regular_user])
if @user.save
UserMailer.registration_confirmation(@user).deliver
UserMailer.welcome_user(@user).deliver
sign_in @user
flash[:success] = "Welcome to the ClickOnComics!"
redirect_to (publishers_path)
else
render 'new'
end
end
private
def admin_user
redirect_to(root_path) unless current_user.admin?
end
def follow_admins
admins = User.find_by_admin(true)
admins.each do |admin|
self.follow!(admin)
end
end
class RelationshipsController < ApplicationController
before_filter :current_user
respond_to :html, :js
def create
@user = User.find(params[:relationship][:followed_id])
current_user.follow!(@user)
respond_with @user
end
def destroy
@user = Relationship.find(params[:id]).followed
current_user.unfollow!(@user)
respond_with @user
end
end
MODELS
class Relationship < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :followed_id
belongs_to :follower, class_name: "User"
belongs_to :followed, class_name: "User"
validates :follower_id, presence: true
validates :followed_id, presence: true
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :name, :email, :password, :password_confirmation
has_many :relationships, foreign_key: "follower_id", dependent: :destroy
has_many :followed_users, through: :relationships, source: :followed
has_many :reverse_relationships, foreign_key: "followed_id",
class_name: "Relationship",
dependent: :destroy
has_many :followers, through: :reverse_relationships, source: :follower
after_create :follow_admins
def follow_admins
admins = User.find_all_by_admin(true)
admins.each do |admin|
self.follow!(admin)
end
end
def following?(other_user)
relationships.find_by_followed_id(other_user.id)
end
def follow!(other_user)
relationships.create!(followed_id: other_user.id)
end
def unfollow!(other_user)
relationships.find_by_followed_id(other_user.id).destroy
end
end
I used this tutorial to help me establish privileged administrative users with a boolean admin attribute in the User model
http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/updating-showing-and-deleting-users#sec-administrative_users
SCHEMA
create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
t.string "name"
t.string "email"
t.string "role"
t.string "username"
t.timestamp "created_at", :null => false
t.timestamp "updated_at", :null => false
t.boolean "admin", :default => false
t.string "password_reset_token"
t.timestamp "password_reset_sent_at"
end
Would I need to create a Method that defines user_admin?
In user.rb add a after_create filter
after_create :follow_admin!
def follow_admin!
relationships.create!(followed_id: admin_user.id)
end