Incrementing login_count with Authlogic

Question

I'd like to have the login_count attribute increment each time the user enters my site via explicit login or remember me login. Currently Authlogic only increments login_count per explicit login. Has anyone else done this, or does anyone know where to customize this inside of the plugin?

Answer 1

Add a before_filter to your ApplicationController to increment the counter.

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base    

  before_filter :increment_visit_count    

private

  def increment_visit_count
    User.increment_counter(:visit_count, current_user.id) if current_user
  end    
end

Note: This solution requires a new column visit_count in your users table.

Answer 2

Update your user session class as follows:

class UserSession < Authlogic::Session::Base
  def persist_by_cookie
    r = super
    User.increment_counter(:login_count, unauthorized_record.id) if r
    r
  end
end

Note: I haven't tested this code. As per Authlogic code this should work. Let me know if this works for you