Methods

Attributes

[R] password

Instance Public methods

authenticate(unencrypted_password)

Returns self if the password is correct, otherwise false.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_secure_password validations: false
end

user = User.new(name: 'david', password: 'mUc3m00RsqyRe')
user.save
user.authenticate('notright')      # => false
user.authenticate('mUc3m00RsqyRe') # => user
📝 Source code 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb, line 96
      def authenticate(unencrypted_password)
        BCrypt::Password.new(password_digest).is_password?(unencrypted_password) && self
      end
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password=(unencrypted_password)

Encrypts the password into the password_digest attribute, only if the new password is not empty.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_secure_password validations: false
end

user = User.new
user.password = nil
user.password_digest # => nil
user.password = 'mUc3m00RsqyRe'
user.password_digest # => "$2a$10$4LEA7r4YmNHtvlAvHhsYAeZmk/xeUVtMTYqwIvYY76EW5GUqDiP4."
📝 Source code 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb, line 114
      def password=(unencrypted_password)
        if unencrypted_password.nil?
          self.password_digest = nil
        elsif !unencrypted_password.empty?
          @password = unencrypted_password
          cost = ActiveModel::SecurePassword.min_cost ? BCrypt::Engine::MIN_COST : BCrypt::Engine.cost
          self.password_digest = BCrypt::Password.create(unencrypted_password, cost: cost)
        end
      end
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password_confirmation=(unencrypted_password)

📝 Source code 
# File activemodel/lib/active_model/secure_password.rb, line 124
      def password_confirmation=(unencrypted_password)
        @password_confirmation = unencrypted_password
      end
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