Rails render auth_token to API response header

Question

I have custom JSON authentication API (without devise, etc). How do I render @user.authentication_token to response header instead of body?

in sessions_controller.rb

  def create

    if @user && @user.authenticate(params[:user][:password])
      @user.sign_in_count += 1
      @user.save!

      render  status: 200,
              json: { success: true,
                      info: "Logged in sucessfully.",
                      data: { auth_token: @user.authentication_token } }
    else
      render  status: :unprocessable_entity,
              json: { success: false,
                      info: "Login failed." }
    end
  end

Ilya Cherevkov · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-13 12:31:37Z

4

Try the response.header["auth_token"]

    def create

        if @user && @user.authenticate(params[:user][:password])
          @user.sign_in_count += 1
          @user.save!

          render  status: 200,
                  json: { success: true,
                          info: "Logged in sucessfully."}
                   response.headers["auth_token"] = @user.authentication_token

        else
          render  status: :unprocessable_entity,
                  json: { success: false,
                  info: "Login failed." }
    end
  end

edited Feb 13, 2016 at 12:31

Ilya Cherevkov

1,8032 gold badges18 silver badges51 bronze badges

answered Feb 12, 2016 at 11:23

Chakreshwar Sharma

2,6101 gold badge16 silver badges41 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Ilya Cherevkov Over a year ago

Thank you, it works only without comma after json block

mpospelov · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-10 19:01:39Z

4

There is a headers object available in your controller action. So you can do the following:

headers['X-User-Token'] = @user.authentication_token

edited Jul 10, 2018 at 19:01

answered Feb 12, 2016 at 11:23

mpospelov

1,5491 gold badge15 silver badges24 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Rails render auth_token to API response header

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related