Rails devise: user_signed_in? not working

Question

I have this in my view:

<% if user_signed_in? %>
<%= current_user.email %>
<% else %>
<%= link_to "Sign in", new_user_session_path %><br />
<%= link_to "Opret", new_user_session_path %><br />
<% end %>

But when have signed in as a user: I still get the links in view:

<%= link_to "Sign in", new_user_session_path %><br />
<%= link_to "Opret", new_user_session_path %><br />

Why is the helper not working?

score 22 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 23 '20 at 12:17

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Did you use devise's before action in your controller?

before_action :authenticate_user!

edited Sep 23 '20 at 12:17

Ri1a

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answered May 14 '11 at 21:11

Brian

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what controller should this go in? I used devise and I have 'controllers/users/omniauth_callbacks_controller.rb` and also `application_controller.rb` – Connor Leech Nov 18 '13 at 10:11
It should go in the controller for which the view you are trying to manipulate, you can make do with the if loops in your question. – Anil Muppalla Dec 02 '13 at 15:47

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '11 at 19:05

Not sure what is behind the user_signed_in? method, either your login is not working correctly or your method is broken.

Maybe try this, if that doesn't work, I would take a look at whats going wrong with the actual login.

<%unless current_user.blank? -%>
signed in
<%else -%>
not signed in
<%end-%>

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 04 '15 at 13:24

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Make sure that you are using the right model. For example if your model is member then you should use member_sign_in instead of user_sign_in.

edited Apr 04 '15 at 13:24

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answered Apr 04 '15 at 09:41

ramez emad

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score 3 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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This could be a possible explanation.

You might have a pre-existing current_user method which stops Devise's current_user called within user_signed_in? from returning expected values.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

Community

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answered Aug 23 '16 at 05:15

Mayank Singh

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 15 '11 at 01:25

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If login is working properly, it could be because of some kind of caching going on?

answered May 15 '11 at 01:25

rohit.arondekar

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 14 '16 at 03:22

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I had encountered exactly the same issue and solved it by doing $bundle exec rails g devise user again. My problem was devise_for users was somehow missing in the routing file.

answered Mar 14 '16 at 03:22

cat

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devise_for was missing and hence helpers were not recognized in the application views etc. – cat Mar 14 '16 at 03:26

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Sep 15 '21 at 20:26

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If you are using it within an action, make sure you add the colon before:

before_action :set_global_variables, if: :user_signed_in?

Instead of

before_action :set_global_variables, if: user_signed_in?

answered Sep 15 '21 at 20:26

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