I'm using the CheddarGetter Rails client (https://github.com/BrentW/cheddargetter_client_rails). So far, creating and updating a customer in CG through this works well. However, I had a couple of questions.

1)
It doesn't appear to pull information from CG when viewing information. I have the subscription information nested in my User model (using has_subscription in the User model). I can use user.current_subscription to see the information, but I can't access it any other way. The primary reason is to prepopulate the data in my Update Views; using something like fields_for :subscription to prepopulate the form fields with information from CG doesn't seem to work.

While I do store the plan code information in my Rails model, I'd prefer to just pull the other information (like the last 4 CC digits and the CC last name and first name) directly from CG. My backup plan is to just store this data on the User model, but I'd like to understand how I can call up this data directly from CG through the client. Anybody else done something similar?

2)
Related to #1, what's the best way to check the status of a customer in CG via the Rails client? Is user.current_subscription the best way? It appears that the Rails client is creating an instance of the standard Ruby client. However, it appears that all of the method calls are different, for example, instead of client.get_customer the Rails client uses client.customers_get. I'm not sure why the difference in method calls. Should I just make direct calls to the Ruby client?

I appreciate any assistance from someone who has used this client. Similiar to other people, I also would greatly appreciate some additional materials on CG with integrating with Rails. Thanks!

Chris