Rails - How to override devise SessionsController to perform specific tasks when user signs in?

Question

Using Devise to manage users sessions / registrations I would need to perform specific tasks (updating some fields in the users table for this specific user for example) eac

Answer 1

Devise provides after_database_authentication callback method.You have full access for the current authenticated user object over there.

If you want to update current user name after every successful login you can do that like below.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  devise :database_authenticatable

  def after_database_authentication
    self.update_attributes(:name => "your name goes here")
  end 
end