Ensure fail! works inside strategies, create unauthenticated and invalid messages and do not redirect on invalid authentication.

CHANGELOG.rdoc

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+* enhancements
+  * Ensure fail! works inside strategies
+  * Make unauthenticated message (when you haven't logged in) different from
+    invalid message (when your credentials are invalid)
+
+* bug fix
+  * Do not redirect on invalid authenticate
+
 == 0.2.2
 
 * bug fix

app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb

@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
 class SessionsController < ApplicationController
   include Devise::Controllers::Helpers
 
+  # Maps the messages types that comes from warden to a flash type.
+  WARDEN_MESSAGES = {
+    :unauthenticated => :success,
+    :unconfirmed => :failure
+  }
+
   before_filter :require_no_authentication, :only => [ :new, :create ]
 
   # GET /resource/sign_in
   def new
-    unauthenticated! if params[:unauthenticated]
-    unconfirmed!     if params[:unconfirmed]
+    WARDEN_MESSAGES.each do |message, type|
+      set_now_flash_message type, message if params.key?(message)
+    end
     build_resource
   end
 
@@ -16,7 +23,7 @@ class SessionsController < ApplicationController
       set_flash_message :success, :signed_in
       redirect_back_or_to home_or_root_path
     else
-      unauthenticated!
+      set_now_flash_message :failure, :invalid
       build_resource
       render :new
     end
@@ -29,14 +36,4 @@ class SessionsController < ApplicationController
     redirect_to root_path
   end
 
-  protected
-
-    def unauthenticated!
-      set_now_flash_message :failure, :unauthenticated
-    end
-
-    def unconfirmed!
-      set_now_flash_message :failure, :unconfirmed
-    end
-
 end

config/locales/en.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ en:
     sessions:
       signed_in: 'Signed in successfully.'
       signed_out: 'Signed out successfully.'
-      unauthenticated: 'Invalid email or password.'
+      unauthenticated: 'You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.'
       unconfirmed: 'Your account was not confirmed and your confirmation period has expired.'
+      invalid: 'Invalid email or password.'
     passwords:
       send_instructions: 'You will receive an email with instructions about how to reset your password in a few minutes.'
       updated: 'Your password was changed successfully. You are now signed in.'

lib/devise/failure.rb

@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ module Devise
     # to the default_url.
     def self.call(env)
       options = env['warden.options']
-      params  = options[:params] || {}
       scope   = options[:scope]
+      params  = if env['warden'].try(:message)
+        { env['warden'].message => true }
+      else
+        options[:params]
+      end
 
       redirect_path = if mapping = Devise.mappings[scope]
         "/#{mapping.as}/#{mapping.path_names[:sign_in]}"
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ module Devise
 
       headers = {}
       headers["Location"] = redirect_path
-      headers["Location"] << "?" << Rack::Utils.build_query(params) unless params.empty?
+      headers["Location"] << "?" << Rack::Utils.build_query(params) if params
       headers["Content-Type"] = 'text/plain'
 
       message = options[:message] || "You are being redirected to #{redirect_path}"

lib/devise/strategies/authenticable.rb

@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ module Devise
       # Authenticate a user based on email and password params, returning to warden
       # success and the authenticated user if everything is okay. Otherwise redirect
       # to sign in page.
+      #
+      # Please notice the semantic difference between calling fail! and throw :warden.
+      # The first does not perform any action when calling authenticate, just
+      # when authenticate! is invoked. The second always perform the action.
       def authenticate!
         if valid_attributes? && resource = mapping.to.authenticate(attributes)
           success!(resource)
         else
           store_location
-          throw :warden, :scope => scope, :params => { :unauthenticated => true }
+          fail!(:unauthenticated)
         end
       end
 

test/integration/authenticable_test.rb

@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
       fill_in 'email', :with => 'wrongemail@test.com'
     end
 
-    assert_redirected_to new_admin_session_path(:unauthenticated => true)
-    follow_redirect!
     assert_contain 'Invalid email or password'
     assert_not warden.authenticated?(:admin)
   end
@@ -92,8 +90,6 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
       fill_in 'password', :with => 'abcdef'
     end
 
-    assert_redirected_to new_admin_session_path(:unauthenticated => true)
-    follow_redirect!
     assert_contain 'Invalid email or password'
     assert_not warden.authenticated?(:admin)
   end
@@ -101,13 +97,12 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
   test 'error message is configurable by resource name' do
     begin
       I18n.backend.store_translations(:en, :devise => { :sessions =>
-        { :admin => { :unauthenticated => "Invalid credentials" } } })
+        { :admin => { :invalid => "Invalid credentials" } } })
 
       sign_in_as_admin do
         fill_in 'password', :with => 'abcdef'
       end
 
-      follow_redirect!
       assert_contain 'Invalid credentials'
     ensure
       I18n.reload!
@@ -145,14 +140,14 @@ class AuthenticationTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
     assert_not_contain 'Signed out successfully'
   end
 
-  test 'redirect from warden shows error message' do
+  test 'redirect from warden shows sign in or sign up message' do
     get admins_path
 
     warden_path = new_admin_session_path(:unauthenticated => true)
     assert_redirected_to warden_path
 
     get warden_path
-    assert_contain 'Invalid email or password.'
+    assert_contain 'You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.'
   end
 
   test 'render 404 on roles without permission' do

test/test_helper.rb

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ ActionMailer::Base.default_url_options[:host] = 'test.com'
 ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false
 ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(nil)
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(:adapter => "sqlite3", :database => ":memory:")
+
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 1) do
   [:users, :admins].each do |table|
     create_table table do |t|