what am I doing wrong here? Registration with devise and adding a role

Question

class RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController

  def create
    super
    if resource.save
      if request.fullpath == '/techie/signup'
         resource.role = :techie
         resource.save
      end  
    end  
  end

end

I have this overriding the devise controller and I have a separate sign up view with a path of '/techie/signup/' and I want to add a role to the user based on the page they signed up on. I do not want to put the role in a hidden field as that stuff can be exploited.

Thanks

Answer 1

Try this one.

  def create
    super do |res|
      if request.path_info == '/techie/signup'
         res.role = :techie
         res.save!
      end  
    end  
  end

Answer 2

Instead of using request.full_path or request.path_info, using

URI(request.referer).path 

solved it.