How to eager load associations with the current_user?

Question

I\'m using Devise for authentication in my Rails app. I\'d like to eager load some of a users associated models in some of my controllers. Something like this:

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Answer 1

I wanted to add what I think is a better solution. As noted in comments, existing solutions may hit your DB twice with the find request. Instead, we can use ActiveRecord::Associations::Preloader to leverage Rails' work around loading associations:

def current_user
  @current_user ||= super.tap do |user|
    ::ActiveRecord::Associations::Preloader.new.preload(user, :saved_listings)
  end
end

This will re-use the existing model in memory instead of joining and querying the entire table again.