Devise logged in root route rails 3

Question

Heyya guys. So i thought about this coolio idea, if you are logged in then you get some sort of dashboard, else you get an information/login/sign up page.. So how do i do that..

I mostly wants to do this in Routes = not something like


def index
  if current_user.present?
    render :action => 'logged_in'
  else
    render :action => 'logged_out'
  end
end

thanks in advance!

/ Oluf Nielsen

score 80 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 04 '12 at 23:02

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Think you may have been looking for this:

authenticated :user do
  root :to => "dashboard#show"
end

root :to => "devise/sessions#new"

Note: it's authenticate*d*

edited Aug 04 '12 at 23:02

Chris

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answered Dec 08 '10 at 10:39

Joe Lalgee

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Thank you! Exactly what i wanted to do! – Oluf Nielsen Dec 09 '10 at 09:28
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This did not work for me, as I wanted the not-logged in route to point to something else as sessions#new. Shayne's answer however works in those cases and was the solution for me...clarifying: if you set the seccond root :to entry to anything else than devise/sessions#new it will still redirect an unauthenticated user to sessions#new. – effkay Feb 06 '11 at 17:37
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I know I'm late, but if you use ```authenticated :user``` (notice the "d") it should work as expected – Pier-Olivier Thibault Jan 17 '12 at 22:50
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From what I have gotten, you don't need the last line. `authenticate` will redirect you if you're not logged in. – RocketR Feb 16 '12 at 12:56
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Super useful! I didn't find this in the Devise docs, and it's an excellent, clean solution. – Emily Feb 04 '13 at 19:42
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For **Rails 4.0** you have to make sure you have unique names for the path helpers, like `root to: "dashboard#show", as: :authenticated_root`. Otherwise the authenticated root and the normal root route end up having the same name for their path helpers, which Rails 4.0 no longer allows. – Daniel Rikowski May 10 '13 at 09:26
Careful to make sure you don't use the plural of your model either, that won't work. – Derek Lucas Dec 09 '13 at 21:44

score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 02 '10 at 17:01

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I too wanted this in my app, here's what I came up with.

MyCoolioApp::Application.routes.draw do
  root :to => 'users#dashboard', :constraints => lambda {|r| r.env["warden"].authenticate? }
  root :to => 'welcome#index'

  get "/" => 'users#dashboard', :as => "user_root"

  # ..
end

In Rails 3 you can use Request Based Contraints to dynamically map your root route. The solution above works for the Devise authentication gem but can be modified to support your own implementation.

With the above root_path or / will route to a WelcomeController#index action for un-authenticated requests. When a user is logged in the same root_path will route to UsersController#dashboard.

Hope this helps.

answered Oct 02 '10 at 17:01

Shayne Sweeney

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This is exactly what I was looking for. How would I write routing tests for this using RSpec, though? Doesn't look like `authenticate?` is available in the test environment? Would appreciate any guidance... thanks. – neezer Mar 14 '11 at 23:16
I had to add a scope to get it working: request.env["warden"].authenticate?(:scope => :user) – hb922 Sep 14 '11 at 22:37
also, the new devise has a cool new method called authenticated, which does this for you – hb922 Sep 14 '11 at 22:38

score 21 · Answer 3 · edited May 14 '12 at 20:25

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I have the same problem and I solved it with this:

authenticated :user do
  root :to => "wathever#index"
end
unauthenticated :user do
  devise_scope :user do 
    get "/" => "devise/sessions#new"
  end
end

Hope it helps.

edited May 14 '12 at 20:25

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answered May 14 '12 at 18:43

zezim

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This worked, but instead of get "/" => ... I did root to: "devise/sessions#new" and it worked, probably the same thing - thank you! – Alex Kovshovik Mar 15 '13 at 04:38
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Could you also explain what "authenticated" and "unauthenticated" do? – Bibek Shrestha Oct 21 '13 at 13:57
The first will match when an authenticated user exists, while the second will match when he not to exist. – zezim Nov 13 '13 at 13:45

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 24 '10 at 22:05

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are you using devise's before filters?

class FooController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter :authenticate_user!
...

Why don't you try altering the default login views so they have the info/login/signup infos you want.

answered Sep 24 '10 at 22:05

BaroqueBobcat

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That's not what i want to.. i want to make two >> root :to => "welcome#index" << - or something like that, when you're not logged in, and something like >> root :to => "dashboard#index"<< - When you are logged in.. – Oluf Nielsen Sep 25 '10 at 19:34

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 25 '10 at 07:09

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Here's what I'm using in my application layout file right now. Haven't broken it out into partials yet:

            <% if user_signed_in? %>
                <a href="/profile"><%= current_user.email %></a> | 
                <%= link_to "Logout", destroy_user_session_path %>
            <% else %>
                <%= link_to "Login", new_user_session_path %> |
                <%= link_to "Register", new_user_registration_path %>
            <% end %>

answered Sep 25 '10 at 07:09

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as i said up in the other one, "That's not what i want to.. i want to make two >> root :to => "welcome#index" << - or something like that, when you're not logged in, and something like >> root :to => "dashboard#index"<< - When you are logged in.." – Oluf Nielsen Sep 25 '10 at 19:37
In that case, write a before_filter in your default root method (the one pointing to welcome#index) that checks if the user is logged in and if so, redirect_to dashboard#index. It doesn't even need to be a before_filter, you can do it straight in the index method. – Joost Schuur Sep 26 '10 at 03:23
well, that's what BaroqueBobcat wrote to, so if theres no else way to make it i accepting he's solution. Thanx for the help :-)! – Oluf Nielsen Sep 26 '10 at 12:25

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