Executing a model from two different controllers - one controller requires authenticated access the other doesn't

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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?

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Thank you. That worked perfectly.

I had previsouly tried using an if statement with the same condition: # if !(User.current_user.nil?) # DIRECTORY = 'public/uploaded_videos' + "/" + User.current_user.id # end It seemed like the if statement was being ignored.

@dir is being called from other methods within the model. I'm using it ti define the destination file path for encoded video files.