Class: ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb

Overview

MessageVerifier makes it easy to generate and verify messages which are signed to prevent tampering.

This is useful for cases like remember-me tokens and auto-unsubscribe links where the session store isn’t suitable or available.

Remember Me:

cookies[:remember_me] = @verifier.generate([@user.id, 2.weeks.from_now])

In the authentication filter:

id, time = @verifier.verify(cookies[:remember_me])
if time < Time.now
  self.current_user = User.find(id)
end

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: InvalidSignature

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(secret, digest = 'SHA1') ⇒ MessageVerifier

Returns a new instance of MessageVerifier.



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# File 'lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb', line 21

def initialize(secret, digest = 'SHA1')
  @secret = secret
  @digest = digest
end

Instance Method Details

#generate(value) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb', line 35

def generate(value)
  data = ActiveSupport::Base64.encode64s(Marshal.dump(value))
  "#{data}--#{generate_digest(data)}"
end

#verify(signed_message) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb', line 26

def verify(signed_message)
  data, digest = signed_message.split("--")
  if digest != generate_digest(data)
    raise InvalidSignature
  else
    Marshal.load(ActiveSupport::Base64.decode64(data))
  end
end