Ramaze::Helper::Admin

The Admin helper provides genric login and logout actions for handling Thoth administrator logins and logouts, along with methods for checking for or requiring authorization from within other actions and views.

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included(klass) click to toggle source

Include cookie helper.

# File lib/thoth/helper/admin.rb, line 38
def self.included(klass)
  klass.send(:helper, :cookie)
end

Public Instance Methods

Authenticates an admin login by checking the username and password request parameters against the ADMIN_USER and ADMIN_PASS values in the Thoth config file.

On a successful login, an auth cookie named thoth_auth will be set and the user will be redirected to the referring URL. On an unsuccessful login attempt, a flash message named login_error will be set and the user will be redirected to the referring URL without an auth cookie.

# File lib/thoth/helper/admin.rb, line 50
def login
  username, password = request[:username, :password]

  if username == Thoth::Config.admin.user &&
      password == Thoth::Config.admin.pass
    # Set an auth cookie that expires in two weeks.
    response.set_cookie('thoth_auth', :expires => Time.now + 1209600,
        :path => R(Thoth::MainController), :value => auth_key)

    redirect_referrer
  end

  flash[:error] = 'Invalid username or password.'
  redirect_referrer
end

logout() click to toggle source

Deletes the thoth_auth cookie and redirects to the home page.

# File lib/thoth/helper/admin.rb, line 67
def logout
  response.delete_cookie('thoth_auth', :path => R(Thoth::MainController))
  redirect(R(Thoth::MainController))
end

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