require 'active_record' module ActiveRecord module SecureToken extend ActiveSupport::Concern module ClassMethods # Example using #has_secure_token # # # Schema: User(token:string, auth_token:string, api_key:string) # class User < ActiveRecord::Base # has_secure_token # has_secure_token :auth_token, prefix: 'ut_' # has_secure_token :api_key, prefix: 'ak_', length: 42 # end # # user = User.new # user.save # user.token # => "pX27zsMN2ViQKta1bGfLmVJE" # user.auth_token # => "77TMHrHJFvFDwodq8w7Ev2m7" # user.api_key # => "ak_1wkenr7vcAb9tH1jyQzvBdxBg8jC2bSv8ySM335" # user.regenerate_token # => true # user.regenerate_auth_token # => true # # SecureRandom::base58 is used to generate the 24-character unique token, so collisions are highly unlikely. # # Note that it's still possible to generate a race condition in the database in the same way that # {validates_uniqueness_of}[rdoc-ref:Validations::ClassMethods#validates_uniqueness_of] can. # You're encouraged to add a unique index in the database to deal with this even more unlikely scenario. def has_secure_token(attribute = :token, length: 24, prefix: '') # Load securerandom only when has_secure_token is used. require 'active_support/core_ext/securerandom' define_method("regenerate_#{attribute}") { update! attribute => self.class.generate_unique_secure_token(length, prefix) } before_create { self.send("#{attribute}=", self.class.generate_unique_secure_token(length, prefix)) unless self.send("#{attribute}?")} end def generate_unique_secure_token(length, prefix) token_length = length - prefix.length prefix + SecureRandom.base58(token_length) end end end end ActiveRecord::Base.send(:include, ActiveRecord::SecureToken)