rails--rails/actionpack/lib/action_controller/verification.rb

module ActionController #:nodoc:
  module Verification #:nodoc:
    def self.included(base) #:nodoc:
      base.extend(ClassMethods)
    end

    # This module provides a class-level method for specifying that certain
    # actions are guarded against being called without certain prerequisites
    # being met. This is essentially a special kind of before_filter.
    #
    # An action may be guarded against being invoked without certain request
    # parameters being set, or without certain session values existing.
    #
    # When a verification is violated, values may be inserted into the flash, and
    # a specified redirection is triggered. If no specific action is configured,
    # verification failures will by default result in a 400 Bad Request response.
    #
    # Usage:
    #
    #   class GlobalController < ActionController::Base
    #     # Prevent the #update_settings action from being invoked unless
    #     # the 'admin_privileges' request parameter exists. The
    #     # settings action will be redirected to in current controller
    #     # if verification fails.
    #     verify :params => "admin_privileges", :only => :update_post,
    #            :redirect_to => { :action => "settings" }
    #
    #     # Disallow a post from being updated if there was no information
    #     # submitted with the post, and if there is no active post in the
    #     # session, and if there is no "note" key in the flash. The route
    #     # named category_url will be redirected to if verification fails.
    #
    #     verify :params => "post", :session => "post", "flash" => "note",
    #            :only => :update_post,
    #            :add_flash => { "alert" => "Failed to create your message" },
    #            :redirect_to => :category_url
    #
    # Note that these prerequisites are not business rules. They do not examine 
    # the content of the session or the parameters. That level of validation should
    # be encapsulated by your domain model or helper methods in the controller.
    module ClassMethods
      # Verify the given actions so that if certain prerequisites are not met,
      # the user is redirected to a different action. The +options+ parameter
      # is a hash consisting of the following key/value pairs:
      #
      # * <tt>:params</tt> - a single key or an array of keys that must
      #   be in the <tt>params</tt> hash in order for the action(s) to be safely
      #   called.
      # * <tt>:session</tt> - a single key or an array of keys that must
      #   be in the <tt>session</tt> in order for the action(s) to be safely called.
      # * <tt>:flash</tt> - a single key or an array of keys that must
      #   be in the flash in order for the action(s) to be safely called.
      # * <tt>:method</tt> - a single key or an array of keys--any one of which
      #   must match the current request method in order for the action(s) to
      #   be safely called. (The key should be a symbol: <tt>:get</tt> or
      #   <tt>:post</tt>, for example.)
      # * <tt>:xhr</tt> - true/false option to ensure that the request is coming
      #   from an Ajax call or not. 
      # * <tt>:add_flash</tt> - a hash of name/value pairs that should be merged
      #   into the session's flash if the prerequisites cannot be satisfied.
      # * <tt>:add_headers</tt> - a hash of name/value pairs that should be
      #   merged into the response's headers hash if the prerequisites cannot
      #   be satisfied.
      # * <tt>:redirect_to</tt> - the redirection parameters to be used when
      #   redirecting if the prerequisites cannot be satisfied. You can 
      #   redirect either to named route or to the action in some controller.
      # * <tt>:render</tt> - the render parameters to be used when
      #   the prerequisites cannot be satisfied.
      # * <tt>:only</tt> - only apply this verification to the actions specified
      #   in the associated array (may also be a single value).
      # * <tt>:except</tt> - do not apply this verification to the actions
      #   specified in the associated array (may also be a single value).
      def verify(options={})
        filter_opts = { :only => options[:only], :except => options[:except] }
        before_filter(filter_opts) do |c|
          c.send! :verify_action, options
        end
      end
    end

    def verify_action(options) #:nodoc:
      prereqs_invalid =
        [*options[:params] ].find { |v| params[v].nil?  } ||
        [*options[:session]].find { |v| session[v].nil? } ||
        [*options[:flash]  ].find { |v| flash[v].nil?   }
      
      if !prereqs_invalid && options[:method]
        prereqs_invalid ||= 
          [*options[:method]].all? { |v| request.method != v.to_sym }
      end
      
      prereqs_invalid ||= (request.xhr? != options[:xhr]) unless options[:xhr].nil?
      
      if prereqs_invalid
        flash.update(options[:add_flash]) if options[:add_flash]
        response.headers.update(options[:add_headers]) if options[:add_headers]

        unless performed?
          case
          when options[:render]
            render(options[:render])
          when options[:redirect_to]
            options[:redirect_to] = self.send!(options[:redirect_to]) if options[:redirect_to].is_a?(Symbol)
            redirect_to(options[:redirect_to])
          else
            head(:bad_request)
          end
        end
      end
    end

    private :verify_action
  end
end