SimpleToken

Add an unique 64 chars sha2 or secure random token to your active record models.

Note: You should definately try postgresql native UUID support, if that's not a possibility then simple_token has your back.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'simple_token'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install simple_token

SimpleToken only has two dependencies, activerecord and activesupport and it's usage is the same as every acts_as_ rails plugin out there.

By default SimpleToken expects you to have a token field in your table, but I'll show you how to customize this in a bit.

Just a simple call inside your model like this:

class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_simple_token
end

By default SimpleToken, uses sha2 as it's digest algorithm and expects a token field to exist in your table but we can change this:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_simple_token :token_field => :secret_hash, :digest_type => :secure_random
end

This model will now use secure_random to generate the secret token and it will write it to the secret_hash field on the users table.