ViewTrail

ViewTrail lets you track controllers and views that you select for auditing. You can see who look at what (controller/action/params hash) and when.

Rails Version

Works with Rails 2.3.

Usage

class FooController < ActionController::Base
  has_view_trail :except => :index
  
  def index
  end
    
  def search
    @results = Model.search(params[:query])
    
    audit({:results => @results.map(&:id), :flag => "blue"})
  end
end

Takes :except and :only conditions like other controller filters

Also allows you to audit an arbitrary key/value hash

For example: when you visit /foo/search?query=pie

>> Activities.last.whodiddit      #=> (@controller.current_user)
>> Activities.last.created_at     #=> (date/time of activity)
>> Activities.last.controller     #=> FooController
>> Activities.last.action         #=> "search"
>> Activities.last.params         #=> {:query => "pie"}
>> Activities.last.activity_items #=> [{:key => :results, :value => [2, 12, 14]}], [{:key => :flag, :value => "blue"}]

Installation

1. Install ViewTrail as a gem:

   config.gem 'yoon-view_trail', :lib => 'view_trail', :source => 'http://gems.github.com'

2. Create a migration for the versions table

   script/generate view_trail

3. Run the migration.

   rake db:migrate

4. Add has view_trail to the controllers you want to track

Issues

Please submit issues via GitHub's Issue Tracker

History

0.3.1

Fixed conflict with paper trail whodunnit. To upgrade:

`rake db:migrate:down`

remove old migration and re-run

`script/generate view_trail`
`rake db:migrate`

Inspiration

• PaperTrail

Intellectual Property

Copyright (c) 2009 Mark Yoon. See LICENSE for details.