Is there a way to make a before_save conditional?

Question

I am trying to make a before_save in a rails app conditional, but it doesn\'t seem to be working.

before_save method_call_to_run if self.related_model.some_metho         


        

Answer 1

Rails 5

I've had success defining a private method which contains the boolean logic and then passing it as a symbol (that last part seems like a requirement):

before_save do_something, if: :private_boolean_method?

I also recently found out you can simply pass a block (took me a while to figure out the syntax):

before_save do_something, if: -> { condition == "met" }