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Ruby User Authentication with Rails Adding User Support to Our Application Scoping Todo Lists

Posted by Daniel Lopez Rivas
Daniel Lopez Rivas
16,757 Points

todo_list_params

Hi,

I wanna know why your are not updating the todo_list_params function to add user_id, is not necessary in this particular case?

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

We don't need to change the todo_list_params function because the user_id is never passed as a parameter (the HTML form was never touched to send an extra parameter). The user_id is set through the session controller, which is mediated through cookies behind the scenes. Scoping todo_list through current_user is what sets the user_id to the currently logged in user.