Reputation: 171321

Signed cookies in Rails 3

I set a signed cookie like this:

cookies.permanent.signed[:remember_me] = [user.id, user.salt]

When reading the cookie:

cookies.signed[:remember_me]

I get:

14cc5d64cd84f96f8847726a6ed0e280235025379

What does this value mean? How could I get user's id back?

I use Rails 3.2.6.

Upvotes: 1

Answers (3)

Reputation: 1570

there is no need to assign the salt to the cookies...the hash is generated automatically by the signed function... you can simply use

cookies[:remember_me] = user.id

Upvotes: 0

Reputation: 1071

i think first of all u should do

 cookies.permanent.signed[:remember_me] = user.id

then only you can retreive it by

 cookies.signed[:remember_me]

although by signing it no one can decrypt the cookie at client side

Upvotes: 2

Reputation: 1570

Simply use cookie[:remember_me]

Upvotes: 0