How to get the current_user in a model observer?

Question

Given the following models:

Room (id, title)
RoomMembers (id, room_id)
RoomFeed, also an observer

When a Room title is updated, I want to c

Answer 1

I think what you are looking for is, room.updated_by inside your observer. If you don't want to persist the updated_by, just declare it as an attr_accessor. Before you push the update, make sure you assign the current_user to updated_by, may be from you controller.