The concept behind acts_as_activity is that a model is an activity of a certain user with a foreign key of user_id. So if you instead add acts_as_activity :owner, it will ask for an owner_id.
in your controller my_item = MyItem.new my_item.doer = current_user <http://current_user.id> In your model attr_accessor :doer acts_as_activity :user def user_id doer.id end On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > I still receive this message > > undefined method `user_id > > Am I going about this wrong or is there another way? > > When I hard coded a value to be returned in the user_id block it > worked, but I don't know what I need to do to pass the current user > ID. > > > On Jan 28, 8:31 pm, Jim Ruther Nill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try this > > > > in your controller > > > > my_item = MyItem.new > > my_item.user_id = current_user.id > > > > In your model > > > > attr_accessor :user_id > > acts_as_activity :user > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is related to adding the acts_as_activity to an object which does > > > not have a direct user relationship. > > > > > I added this to the model > > > > > attr_accessor :user > > > > > def user_id > > > @user = User.find(current_user) > > > return @user.id > > > end > > > > > To avoid the undefined method I received when I add an new object. > > > When I hard code a value (return 10) everything works fine so I need > > > to have the current user ID available but with the above code I > > > receive this error. > > > > > undefined local variable or method `current_user' > > > > > Maybe I am going about this the wrong way? > > > > > On Jan 28, 8:10 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Add the user as a attr_accessor and set it in the model? > > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Chris <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:08:58 > > > > To: CommunityEngine<[email protected]> > > > > Subject: [CommunityEngine] Accessing Current User > > > > > > I need to access the current_user to pass the user ID of the current > > > > use to the activity tracking for a model not associated with a user. > > > > Does anyone know what I need to do to access the current user in a > > > > model or controller in my main app since the authentication is > handled > > > > in the CE lib. > > > > > > Not sure where to go with this one. > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > > groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "CommunityEngine" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > <communityengine%[email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CommunityEngine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<communityengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CommunityEngine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/communityengine?hl=en.
