similar to: passing parameters to filters

I have a method that checks for a given role. I want to write something in my controllers like before_filter :check_roles(''admin'') Which will ensure the current user has the admin role. Is it possible to pass parameters in this way? Ian

I have a simple login scheme in application.rb. Something like :requires_login is called in any controller as a before_filter. All is good, except I''m having trouble figuring out how to make the public login actions skip this before filter. Here''s what I have: application.rb skip_before_filter :requires_login, :only => [:login, :logout, :confirm_valid_login]

Hi, ...i''m fairly new to ruby on rails, so maybe this is a simple question, but i''ve been racking my wits for a while now, but i can''t figure out why this isn''t working... i''m implementing some kind of a questioniere, so that when a user picks a certain answer, the value of that answer goes into a session variable that stores the amount of points

Hi, Is it possible to specify multiple before filters in a controller... here''s the thing: only one set of filters is to use the :except option. Something like: before_filter :check_for_session_cookie before_filter :validate_user :except =>[''login''] which I use to a) check if the user has returned to the site and has a saved cookie holding login details b) check

Hi, I have some problems in using filter. My filter functions need to have arguments, but filter functions take only symbol that refer to function name. Consider the following code: class BlogController < ApplicationController before_filter :authorize For instance, authorize need arguments. So how can I pass arguments to filter function? Any helps always appreciate.

hey, i have found your post about filter function with parameters: Hi! I want to add a function with a static paramter ("2" in the example) to a filter, but somehow Rails seems to be looking for another syntax. before_filter :check_quantity(2), :only => [:show] doesn''t work. What''s the right way to do this? Thanks a lot! --------------------------------- Can

I want to put a before_filter in application.rb, as follows: before_filter :do_something, :except_controller => [:admin] def do_something(options) options.stringify_keys! unless options[:except_controller].include?(controller_name) # do something useful end end Where I''m blocking is on how to get the ''options'' data in the do_something method. I think I

since upgrading to 1.1.4 (I had been running without issue on a git snapshot), I''m noticing that my filter actions initiated from application.rb seem to be running twice. I created a test rails project with the rspec scaffold and am also seeing the same behavior here too. Adding this code to application.rb: before_filter :foo def foo "foo" end and an example

Hi! I want to add a function with a static paramter ("2" in the example) to a filter, but somehow Rails seems to be looking for another syntax. before_filter :check_quantity(2), :only => [:show] doesn''t work. What''s the right way to do this? Thanks a lot! -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello, I have a method called "check_permission" that is set to run as a before_fitler and which checks if a user has the authorization to view a page. This page is displayed through the method "show" which is cached through the tag "caches_action :show" My problem is that once a user with authorization to a page accesses it, then afterwards all users (with or

Hi, I see from this post http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/97e333daab05b725/8252c90cb9c36f6d?lnk=gst&q=passing+parameter+before_filter#8252c90cb9c36f6d it can specify the Proc in the before_filter function, but when specify when action apply this filter, it raise an syntax error, such as rthe following code before_filter {|controller|

can anyone tell me how before filter can call the private method audit which from the parent class ? because the bank controller has a private method called audit, this one should not be inheritance by VaultController, so how the before_filter use the private method audit ? if the child class can use the parent class private method . does it break encapsulation ? does the private has any sense

i am trying to create a system so that different users have different priviliges on my application. i was going to modify my authorize function so that i could pass the required role to it and have it check the current user for that role. i am using before_filter and would like to have just one function instead of writing one for each role like so: authorize(role) instead of:

Hello list, I have an app that has a very simple authorization scheme. A person can have many roles and roles can have many people. In my app, I''d like to do before_filter :login_required (since no role name is provided, it accepts any users with credentials) before_filter :login_required ("administrator") (only accepts those with role administrator) before_filter

Hi--I''m trying to implement a 2-level authentication system, where I have one before_filter which does general user authentication, and another which does further authorization for a specific controller. I have it set up as follows: before_filter :authorize_level_2 prepend_before_filter :authorize_level_1 which causes authorize_level_1() to run, and then authorize_level_2().

Hi there, I''m having a bit of an issue with my before_filter. I know that the filters put in the application.rb controller are global for all the controllers. In my application filter I''d like to allow access to the RSS feed method in a ''member'' controller and skip the login checks that the before_filters are currently performing. In my application my filters

I'm attempting to write a short script to copy all 'CONC*' files in any subdir under ./ using rsync and filters but I can't get the correct quoting/escaping... any ideas? eg cmd line (all on a single line): /home/horace/mccssmb2/src/rsync-2.6.9__icc/rsync --times --links -z --progress --stats -v -rP --filter='+ */' --filter='+ CONC*' --filter='- *' .

I want to set up a before_filter, and I want to be able to pass it some parameters. My method looks like def my_filter(a) ... end And I want to do before_filter :myfilter ''a'' I''ve tried the above and before_filter :myfilter, ''a'' but neither one is acceptable. How can I specify an argument to pass in to the filter method? Pat

i am unable to reach the login page when adding ''before_filter :login_required'' to the application controller. I HAVE added the following to my sessions controller ''before_filter :login_required, :except => [:new, :create, :destroy]'' I figured this would overload the app controller filter but i get this loop while it looks for sessions/new and isnt allowed

... before_filter :find_regression_test def find_regression_test @regression_test=RegressionTest.find(8) end .... The above seems like perfectly normal before_filter syntax, but it gives this error. Aldo is no application trace, just a framework trace: Any idea what is wrong? NoMethodError in Regression testsController#modify_regression_test private method `equal?''