Micoo

Micoo (minimal Cookie) is a Rails Engine handling the Cookie consent. Besides installing the gem just a minimal code is required (see Usage).

Micoo display a styled text including buttons for accepting, rejecting and customizing usage of cookies.

Clicking Accept set the cookie "cookiesOK" to "x", clicking Reject will delete the cookie, clicking Customize links to administration of cookies.

The cookie "cookiesOK" expires after one month.

Optional Parameter

Optional parameter for CookiesComponent.new(...) are:

text

Default is:

You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but parts of the site will not work.

Click Accept if you consent usage of cookies, otherwise click Reject.

Usage

# config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
  ...
  get "/cookies/accept"
  get "/cookies/reject"
  get "/cookies/customize
  ...
end

# app/controllers/application_controller.rb (recommended)
  ...
  before_action :always

  def always
    unless cookies[:cookiesOK] == "x"
      render CookiesComponent.new
    end
  end
  ...

Customize

The user should provide functionality for the Customize button.

Button Customize can be disabled/hidden by CSS.

I18n

You may provide an "internationalized" text via the text parameter.

Micoo buttons uses the I18n.translate method for the legends. A configuration file may contain:

# config/locales/en.yml
en:
  micoo:
    button:
      accept: Accept
      reject: Reject
      customize: Customize

Installation

As usual:

# Gemfile
gem "micoo"

and run "bundle install".