Call controller on afterCreate - sails.js

Question

I have the following code for my Sessions model:
module.exports = {
attributes: {
},
afterCreate: function(value,next) {
next();
}
};
And the following Sessions Controller:
module.exports = {
saveSession: function(res,req) {
console.log('in save');
}
};
I want to save a value to a user's session afterCreate
How can I call the saveSession function from my model? I tried Sessions.saveSession() but it doesn't work.

Answer 1

I don't think you need a session model and it's not a good idea to call a controller method directly.
I'd recommend just set req.session when you're trying to save the session and it'll be auto-saved when you respond from that controller action.
afterCreate will never have access to req unless you pass it down which I wouldn't recommend.
The pattern is something like:
{
// …
login: function (req,res) {
User.findOne({
username: req.param('username'),
password: req.param('password')
}).exec(function (err, user) {
if (err) return res.serverError(err);
if (!user) return res.view('/login');
req.session.user = user.toJSON();
return res.redirect('/dashboard');
});
}
// ...

Answer 2

I think that you want to save a value to a cookie or create another database record am i correct?
If so, you dont need to call a controller action from the model (not recommended), you just need to create a new record or save the value to the cookie, here are some alternatives that i see possible in your scenario.
creating another record:
// on models/YourModel
module.exports = {
attributes: {
},
afterCreate: function(newlyInsertedRecord,next) {
ModelOrResource.create({
param1: newlyInsertedRecord.attributeYouWant,
param2: value2
// and so on
}).exec(function(err, recordCreated){
if(err) return next(err);
// do somethign with recordCreated if you need to
// ...
next();
})
}
};
Saving a value to a cookie:
module.exports = {
attributes: {
},
afterCreate: function(newlyInsertedRecord, next) {
// do some other stuff not related to calling a controller action ;)
next();
}
};
This code was retrived from snippets from my own projects, so it should work on sails 0.9.x
Hope it helps!