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Ruby User Authentication with Rails Password Hashing and Sign In Creating the Sessions Controller

Posted by Steven Prescott
Steven Prescott
19,206 Points

Password Hashing Quiz

The question is" Type the method that we would call on the user object to check the submitted password:"

Then here is the code they have:

user = User.find_by(email: params[:email]) if user && user. ___________________

What method are they talking about? I know I'm missing something simple.

3 Answers

Artem Kalinchuk
Artem Kalinchuk
Courses Plus Student 1,814 Points

You want to authenticate the user with the provided password. Use the authenticate method with the password param.

Christopher haro
Christopher haro
Courses Plus Student 3,372 Points

im having the same issue, i been working on this all day, i finish all the other videos but i cant figure this one out on this chapter of ruby,

Steven Prescott
Steven Prescott
19,206 Points
Steven Prescott
Steven Prescott
19,206 Points

Thank you! That helped!

Mandy Yeung
Mandy Yeung
14,909 Points
Mandy Yeung
Mandy Yeung
14,909 Points

Same issue, why won't this work?

if user && user.authenticate(params[:password])