Trackstamps¶ ↑

Track which user created or updated record in rails. This gem depends on devise gem and uses devise ‘current_user’ helper method.

Dependency¶ ↑

This gem depends on devise gem and uses devise ‘current_user’ helper method.

Simply add trackstamps gem to your Gemfile.

gem 'trackstamps'

Install bundler gems

bundle install

Install trackstamps

rails generate trackstamps:install

Generate migration on required model’s table

rails generate trackstamps:migration table_name

i.e. if you need to track changes on Account model, you need to do this

rails generate trackstamps:migration accounts

It will automatically include trackstamps module inside your model class

class Account < ActiveRecord::Base
    include Trackstamps

    .....

end

Execute migrations

rake db:migrate

And now you are ready to track changes

It will automatically track record is created or updated by which user. i.e.

Account.last.creator

will return last account was created by which user. Similarily

Account.find(8).updater

will tells us which user updated account with id 8