Devise Multiple Resources, Registrations, STI and Single Sign Sign On

Multiple resources, registrations with devise, STI and single sign sign on Devise handles authentication, authorization part inside rails application quite easily and its customizable too. One can always customize default devise configurations. This Post will show how to manage multiple resources (like admin, staff, employee, guests etc.) through devise and STI with individual registrations process but login section will be the same for all. # Gemfile gem 'devise' # console bundle install rails g devise_install rails g devise User rake db:migrate rake routes # User model class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Include default devise modules. Others available are: # :token_authenticatable, :lockable, :timeoutable, :confirmable and :activatable devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation end ## Single Table Inheritance # Admin model class Admin < User end # Staff class Staff < User end # Employee class Employee < User end # Guest class Guest < User end

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# routes devise_for :users, :skip => :registrations devise_for :admins, :skip => :sessions devise_for :staffs, :skip => :sessions devise_for :employees, :skip => :sessions devise_for :guests, :skip => :sessions # Customizing default login/logout routes, views, actions devise_for :users, :controller => {:sessions => 'sessions'}, :skip => [:sessions, :registrations] do delete '/logout', :to => 'sessions#destroy', :as => :destroy_user_session get '/login', :to => 'sessions#new', :as => :new_user_session post '/login', :to => 'sessions#create', :as => :user_session end # app/controllers/sessions_controller class SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController end ## Overriding default after sign in path # app/controller/application_controller.rb class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base protect_from_forgery helper_method :account_url def account_url return new_user_session_url unless user_signed_in? case current_user.class.name when 'Customer' edit_customer_registration_url when 'Admin' edit_home_page_section_url else root_url end if user_signed_in? end end # app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb class SessionsController < Devise::SessionsController def after_sign_in_path_for(resource) stored_location_for(resource) || account_url end end www.funonrails.com

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## Changing default login field email to username # config/initializers/devise.rb config.authentication_keys = [ :username ] # app/models/user.rb validates :username, :presence => true, :uniqueness => {:allow_blank => true}, :format => {:with => /^\w+[\w\s:?']+$/i, :allow_blank => true} def email_required? false end

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