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Ruby User Authentication with Rails Password Resets and Testing Handling No Email Found When Resetting Passwords

Posted by Jim Withington
Jim Withington
12,025 Points

Why does this work in context, but not with a direct link?

Here;s a theoretical question for you Railsians:

I'm working on ODOT, and if I click my Forgot Password link, it works just fine!

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But if I go directly to http://localhost:3000/password_resets, it gets angry with me:

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Can anyone explain what's happening here? My first inclination was to build a GET route...but then it seems that maybe that route wasn't meant to be here anyway.

Thanks!

1 Answer

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Shouldn't it be /password_resets/new ? Also, the second image does not work.