Rails 4: Skip callback

Question

I have an auction and a bid object in my application, when someone presses the BID BUTTON it then calls the BID CREATE controller which cre

Answer 1

skip_callback is a complicated and not granular option.

I prefer to use an attr_accessor:

attr_accessor :skip_my_method, :skip_my_method_2
after_save{ my_method unless skip_my_method }
after_save{ my_method_2 unless skip_my_method_2 }

That way you can be declarative when skipping a callback:

model.create skip_my_method: true # skips my_method
model.create skip_my_method_2: true # skips my_method_2