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user3162553
user3162553

Reputation: 2869

Adding Custom Attributes to Devise User Model

I'm using Devise with my Rails 4.2 application and I have custom users controller than I use to navigate to a profile page in the users#show route. The problem is, if I call 

@user.username

It returns nothing and the value is nil.

Routes:

devise_for :users 
resources :users, :only => [:show]

I also made the following adjustments on the config file via the application_controller: 

def configure_permitted_parameters
  devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_in) { |u| u.permit(:email, :password,:username) }
  devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) { |u| u.permit(:email, :password, :password_confirmation,:username) }
  devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:account_update) { |u| u.permit(:email, :password, :password_confirmation,:username) }
end

The weird thing is, I've seeded the db with default users and they have access to the method. So that leaves me to believe there's a problem with the form. But sure enough, I've enabled the field so it's not like I'm not passing in values.

devise/registrations/new.html.erb

<div class="field">
  <%= f.label :username %><br />
  <%= f.text_field :username, autofocus: true %>
</div>

Finally, I pass along the user object via the controller like this:

def show 
  @user = User.find(params[:id])
  @posts = @user.posts.last(5)
end

One last thing, if I inspect the user object, it shows that there's a username method but the value is nil.

I've looked at the examples from Devise but still am not getting what's going on.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2186

Answers (2)

user3162553
user3162553

Reputation: 2869

Very simple solution actually. The method needs to be called with a before action like this:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_action :configure_permitted_parameters, if: :devise_controller?

 protected

   def configure_permitted_parameters
     devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) << :username
   end 
end

It's in the docs here: https://github.com/plataformatec/devise#strong-parameters

Upvotes: 1

Jan
Jan

Reputation: 11

Did you maybe add attr_accessor in your user model?

This may override your values to be nil.

Upvotes: 0

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