Devise: How to override devise error messages on password change

Question

How can I customize error messages to override devise passwords controller?

class PasswordsController < Devise::PasswordsController
  def create
    self.resource = resource_class.send_reset_password_instructions(params[resource_name])

    if resource.errors.empty?
      set_flash_message(:notice, :send_instructions) if is_navigational_format?
      respond_with resource, :location => home_path
    else
      binding.pry
      flash[:devise_password_error] =  (resource.errors.map do |key, value|
        value.capitalize
      end).flatten.join('|')
      redirect_to home_path and return
    end
  end
  def edit
    self.resource = resource_class.new
    resource.reset_password_token = params[:reset_password_token]
  end
end

resource.errors is available in this method but it contains default messages such as Email not found and Email can't be blank. i need to customize this messages. I've tried to remove :validatable from my user model and add custom validators but this works only for my custom registrations controller derived from Devise::RegistrationsController and not for custom passwords controller.

Is there any solution?

I know this is old, but check [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/18578028/1964165) for a more generic and clean approach. — akhanubis, Sep 02 '13 at 17:22

score 18 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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The answer is to modify config/locales/devise.en.yml but you must add the settings, they are not there by default.

en:
  activerecord:
    errors:
      models:
        user:
          attributes:
            password:
              confirmation: "does not match"
              too_short: "is too short (minimum is %{count} characters)"

Credit for this goes to Vimsha who answered virtually the same question for me.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Dec 11 '13 at 22:57

Justin

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You should use %{count} in the error message rather than hard coding the minimum value. count is passed to I18n.t by the range validator, and therefore will always match the devise setting. – ReggieB Feb 16 '15 at 09:08

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 17 '12 at 15:33

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Devise messages are located in config/locales/devise.en.yml

I'm not sure which message you're trying to override, but that's where you want to do that.

answered Feb 17 '12 at 15:33

Jesse Wolgamott

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The messages i want to override are not located there. These message i want to change are default messages used when validation fails and `config/locales/devise.en.yml` contains devise information messages. – roman Feb 17 '12 at 16:11
Those messages are indeed not in there, but you can add them and it will work. See my answer above. – Justin Dec 11 '13 at 23:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

It's not ideal, but based on this related ticket I've got it working with the following (which I know is a bit of a hack, but it works):

module DeviseHelper
  def devise_error_messages!
     resource.errors.full_messages.map { |msg| msg == 'Email not found' ? 'The email address you entered could not be found. Please try again with other information.' : msg }.join('<br/>')
  end
end

Put this in a module called devise_helper.rb in your /app/helpers directory

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 08 '17 at 04:00

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Add this to your routes.rb

devise_for :users, controllers: { passwords: 'passwords' }

or

devise_for :users, :controllers => { :passwords => 'passwords' }

answered Sep 08 '17 at 04:00

Ibrahim Saifee

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