I am puzzled over how to normalize the login value provided by the user
to authlogic to validate the existence of that user. I have threaded
my way through the code and tried to understand what it and the examples
are trying to tell me but I am just not making the connections.
Basically I have this in the login (user_sessions_controller):
def new
@user_session = UserSession.new
end
def create
@user_session = UserSession.new(params[:user_session])
# debugger if ENV[‘RAILS_ENV’] == ‘development’
@user_session.save do |result|
if result
flash[:notice] = “Welcome”
redirect_back_or_default account_url
else
render :action => :new
end
end
end
What I want to do is modify the input value of the login identity field
before the User.find is performed. It seems that this should be
possible in the User model.
Inside authlogic/session.config.rb I find this:
# 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(login)
# find_by_username(login) || find_by_email(login)
# end
# end
#
# * Default: “find_by_#{login_field}”
# * Accepts: Symbol or String
def find_by_login_method(value = nil)
if value.nil?
read_inheritable_attribute(:find_by_login_method) ||
find_by_login_method(“find_by_#{login_field}”)
else
write_inheritable_attribute(:find_by_login_method, value)
end
end
alias_method :find_by_login_method=, :find_by_login_method
This probably tells me exactly what I have to do but I am afraid I
cannot see what that is. I tried overriding find_by_username but doing
so causes a nil object exception.
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_authentic
def self.find_by_username(login)
super.find_by_username(login.strip.squeeze(" ").mb_chars.downcase)
end
end
NoMethodError (You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!
The error occurred while evaluating nil.find_by_username):
/app/models/user.rb:29:in find_by_username' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/authlogic-1.3.7/lib/authlogic/session/base.rb:397:insend’
If I do this instead:
def find_by_username(login)
self.find_by_username(login.strip.squeeze(" ").mb_chars.downcase)
end
OR
def find_by_username(login)
super.find_by_username(login.strip.squeeze(" ").mb_chars.downcase)
end
Then the SELECT uses the unmodified value input for the username.
Can anyone provide me with some guidance on how to get this to work as I
desire?
Regards,