Module: Authlogic::Session::Config::ClassMethods

Defined in:
lib/authlogic/session/config.rb

Overview

Session Config

This deals with configuration for your session. If you are wanting to configure your model please look at Authlogic::ORMAdapters::ActiveRecordAdapter::ActsAsAuthentic::Config

Configuration for your session is simple. The configuration options are just class methods. Just put this in your config/initializers directory

UserSession.configure do |config|
  config.authenticate_with = User
  # ... more configuration
end

or you can set your configuration in the session class directly:

class UserSession < Authlogic::Session::Base
  authenticate_with User
  # ... more configuration
end

You can also access the values in the same fashion:

UserSession.authenticate_with

See the methods belows for all configuration options.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#authenticate_with(klass) ⇒ Object Also known as: authenticate_with=

Lets you change which model to use for authentication.

  • Default: inferred from the class name. UserSession would automatically try User

  • Accepts: an ActiveRecord class



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 37

def authenticate_with(klass)
  @klass_name = klass.name
  @klass = klass
end

#configure {|_self| ... } ⇒ Object

Convenience method that lets you easily set configuration, see examples above

Yields:

  • (_self)

Yield Parameters:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 44

def configure
  yield self
end

#cookie_key(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: cookie_key=

The name of the cookie or the key in the cookies hash. Be sure and use a unique name. If you have multiple sessions and they use the same cookie it will cause problems. Also, if a id is set it will be inserted into the beginning of the string. Exmaple:

session = UserSession.new
session.cookie_key => "user_credentials"

session = UserSession.new(:super_high_secret)
session.cookie_key => "super_high_secret_user_credentials"

  • Default: “#Authlogic::Session::Config::ClassMethods.klass_nameklass_name.underscore_credentials”

  • Accepts: String



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 59

def cookie_key(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:cookie_key) || cookie_key("#{klass_name.underscore}_credentials")
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:cookie_key, value)
  end
end

#disable_magic_states(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: disable_magic_states=

Set this to true if you want to disable the checking of active?, approved?, and confirmed? on your record. This is more or less of a convenience feature, since 99% of the time if those methods exist and return false you will not want the user logging in. You could easily accomplish this same thing with a before_validation method or other callbacks.

  • Default: false

  • Accepts: Boolean



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 74

def disable_magic_states(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:disable_magic_states)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:disable_magic_states, value)
  end
end

#find_by_login_method(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: find_by_login_method=

Authlogic tries to validate the credentials passed to it. One part of validation is actually finding the user and making sure it exists. What method it uses the do this is up to you.

Let’s say you have a UserSession that is authenticating a User. By default UserSession will call User.find_by_login(login). You can change what method UserSession calls by specifying it here. Then in your User model you can make that method do anything you want, giving you complete control of how users are found by the UserSession.

Let’s take an example: You want to allow users to login by username or email. Set this to the name of the class method that does this in the User model. Let’s call it “find_by_username_or_email”

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.find_by_username_or_email()
    find_by_username() || find_by_email()
  end
end

  • Default: “find_by_##login_field”

  • Accepts: Symbol or String



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 98

def (value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:find_by_login_method) || ("find_by_#{}")
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:find_by_login_method, value)
  end
end

#find_with(*values) ⇒ Object Also known as: find_with=

Calling UserSession.find tries to find the user session by session, then cookie, then params, and finally by basic http auth. This option allows you to change the order or remove any of these.

  • Default: [:params, :session, :cookie, :http_auth]

  • Accepts: Array, and can only use any of the 3 options above



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 112

def find_with(*values)
  if values.blank?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:find_with) || find_with(:params, :session, :cookie, :http_auth)
  else
    values.flatten!
    write_inheritable_attribute(:find_with, values)
  end
end

#last_request_at_threshold(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: last_request_at_threshold=

Every time a session is found the last_request_at field for that record is updatd with the current time, if that field exists. If you want to limit how frequent that field is updated specify the threshold here. For example, if your user is making a request every 5 seconds, and you feel this is too frequent, and feel a minute is a good threashold. Set this to 1.minute. Once a minute has passed in between requests the field will be updated.

  • Default: 0

  • Accepts: integer representing time in seconds



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 128

def last_request_at_threshold(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:last_request_at_threshold) || last_request_at_threshold(0)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:last_request_at_threshold, value)
  end
end

#login_blank_message(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: login_blank_message=

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 137

def (value = nil) # :nodoc:
  new_i18n_error
end

#login_field(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: login_field=

The name of the method you want Authlogic to create for storing the login / username. Keep in mind this is just for your Authlogic::Session, if you want it can be something completely different than the field in your model. So if you wanted people to login with a field called “login” and then find users by email this is compeltely doable. See the find_by_login_method configuration option for more details.



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 154

def (value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:login_field) || (klass.acts_as_authentic_config[:login_field])
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:login_field, value)
  end
end

#login_not_found_message(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: login_not_found_message=

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 142

def (value = nil) # :nodoc:
  new_i18n_error
end

#logout_on_timeout(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: logout_on_timeout=

With acts_as_authentic you get a :logged_in_timeout configuration option. If this is set, after this amount of time has passed the user will be marked as logged out. Obviously, since web based apps are on a per request basis, we have to define a time limit threshold that determines when we consider a user to be “logged out”. Meaning, if they login and then leave the website, when do mark them as logged out? I recommend just using this as a fun feature on your website or reports, giving you a ballpark number of users logged in and active. This is not meant to be a dead accurate representation of a users logged in state, since there is really no real way to do this with web based apps. Think about a user that logs in and doesn’t log out. There is no action that tells you that the user isn’t technically still logged in and active.

That being said, you can use that feature to require a new login if their session timesout. Similar to how financial sites work. Just set this option to true and if your record returns true for stale? then they will be required to log back in.

Lastly, UserSession.find will still return a object is the session is stale, but you will not get a record. This allows you to determine if the user needs to log back in because their session went stale, or because they just aren’t logged in. Just call current_user_session.stale? as your flag.

  • Default: false

  • Accepts: Boolean



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 179

def logout_on_timeout(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:logout_on_timeout) || logout_on_timeout(false)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:logout_on_timeout, value)
  end
end

#not_active_message(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: not_active_message=

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 188

def not_active_message(value = nil) # :nodoc:
  new_i18n_error
end

#not_approved_message(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: not_approved_message=

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 193

def not_approved_message(value = nil) # :nodoc:
  new_i18n_error
end

#not_confirmed_message(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: not_confirmed_message=

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 198

def not_confirmed_message(value = nil) # :nodoc:
  new_i18n_error
end

#params_key(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: params_key=

Works exactly like cookie_key, but for params. So a user can login via params just like a cookie or a session. Your URL would look like:

http://www.domain.com?user_credentials=my_single_access_key

You can change the “user_credentials” key above with this configuration option. Keep in mind, just like cookie_key, if you supply an id the id will be appended to the front. Check out cookie_key for more details. Also checkout the “Single Access / Private Feeds Access” section in the README.

  • Default: cookie_key

  • Accepts: String



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 212

def params_key(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:params_key) || params_key(cookie_key)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:params_key, value)
  end
end

#password_blank_message(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: password_blank_message=

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 221

def password_blank_message(value = nil) # :nodoc:
  new_i18n_error
end

#password_field(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: password_field=

Works exactly like login_field, but for the password instead.

  • Default: :password

  • Accepts: Symbol or String



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 230

def password_field(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:password_field) || password_field(:password)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:password_field, value)
  end
end

#password_invalid_message(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: password_invalid_message=

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 239

def password_invalid_message(value = nil) # :nodoc:
  new_i18n_error
end

#remember_me(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: remember_me=

If sessions should be remembered by default or not.

  • Default: false

  • Accepts: Boolean



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 248

def remember_me(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:remember_me)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:remember_me, value)
  end
end

#remember_me_for(value = :_read) ⇒ Object Also known as: remember_me_for=

The length of time until the cookie expires.

  • Default: 3.months

  • Accepts: Integer, length of time in seconds, such as 60 or 3.months



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 261

def remember_me_for(value = :_read)
  if value == :_read
    read_inheritable_attribute(:remember_me_for) || remember_me_for(3.months)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:remember_me_for, value)
  end
end

#session_key(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: session_key=

Works exactly like cookie_key, but for sessions. See cookie_key for more info.

  • Default: cookie_key

  • Accepts: Symbol or String



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 274

def session_key(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:session_key) || session_key(cookie_key)
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:session_key, value)
  end
end

#single_access_allowed_request_types(*values) ⇒ Object Also known as: single_access_allowed_request_types=

Authentication is allowed via a single access token, but maybe this is something you don’t want for your application as a whole. Maybe this is something you only want for specific request types. Specify a list of allowed request types and single access authentication will only be allowed for the ones you specify. Checkout the “Single Access / Private Feeds Access” section in the README.

  • Default: “application/rss+xml”, “application/atom+xml”

  • Accepts: String of request type, or :all to allow single access authentication for any and all request types



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 288

def single_access_allowed_request_types(*values)
  if values.blank?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:single_access_allowed_request_types) || single_access_allowed_request_types("application/rss+xml", "application/atom+xml")
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:single_access_allowed_request_types, values)
  end
end

#verify_password_method(value = nil) ⇒ Object Also known as: verify_password_method=

The name of the method in your model used to verify the password. This should be an instance method. It should also be prepared to accept a raw password and a crytped password.



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# File 'lib/authlogic/session/config.rb', line 301

def verify_password_method(value = nil)
  if value.nil?
    read_inheritable_attribute(:verify_password_method) || verify_password_method("valid_#{password_field}?")
  else
    write_inheritable_attribute(:verify_password_method, value)
  end
end