ruby on rails - How to skip before_update if before_create was called -

i'm trying keep user model "in sync" third party.

so in user.rb:

before_create { thirdparty.create!(user: self) } before_update { thirdparty.update!(user: self) } 

the problem arises when i:

user.create!... 

as both callbacks invoked (before_create before_update).

this how got around behaviour now:

before_create {  @before_create_called = true  thirdparty.create!(user: self) } before_update {  return unless @before_create_called  thirdparty.update!(user: self) } 

but i'm not confident/comfortable solution. there better way approach this?

edit

i'm sorry, of course mistake, @max williams wanted bottom of this, curious:

i had a:

after_create { a.new() } 

which somewhere in bowels did this:

user.toggle(:active) 

now this:

user.update_attributes(active: true). 

and didn't realize toggle skips validations , callbacks

since want keep third party synced on each save, want change action based on whether record being created or updated try:

before_save   self.new_record? ? thirdparty.create!(user: self) : thirdparty.update!(user: self) end