My appllication uses a "Video" table. I have a video_controller and associated video model
The video_controller requirs the user to login to the system. class VideoController < ApplicationController before_filter :login_required
When I initially wrote code for the Video model, I assumed that only authenticated users would read, write Video records. Hence, I've got code in the model such as: @dir = 'public/uploaded_videos' + "/" + User.current_user.id
The above works fine when a logged in user accesses video functions on the site.
Now, I want to display a list of videos on the Index/home page of the web application. Users who access the web page don't need to log in to the system.
I created a home_controller with an index method. def index @videos = Video.find(:all, :conditions => ["public = 0"], :select => ['id, file_name, file_size,thumbnail'])
end
Whenever, this method is executed, RoR makes a call to the video.rb file and fails on the following line: @dir = 'public/uploaded_videos' + "/" + User.current_user.id
It's failing because User.current_user.id is null. This value is only populated when a user logs into the system.
How can I get around this particular issue?