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_method_that_returns_t_or_f? 

If the 'some_method_that_returns_t_or_f' returns true, I want it to run the method before it saves the object otherwise I just want it to ignore the before_save.

Answer 1

you can use :if

before_save do_something, :if => Proc.new {|model| model.some_boolean_attr_or_method } 

or simply

before_save do_something, :if => some_condition 

EDIT:

for a quick reference, there's an excellent guide about this:

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_callbacks.html#conditional-callbacks

Answer 2

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" }