active_element

• Setup

Enable authorization in your application by calling active_element.authenticate_with and active_element.authorize_with from a prepend_before_action. For example, if you are using Devise:

# app/controllers/application_controller.rb

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  prepend_before_action :configure_authentication

  private

  def configure_authentication
    active_element.authenticate_with { authenticate_user! }
    active_element.authorize_with { current_user }
  end
end

Adjust the provided example to suit your application’s authentication framework.

As long as the following conditions are met then your application is ready to use ActiveElement’s authorization system:

• The method in the block sent to active_element.authenticate_with renders or redirects on authentication failure.
• The method in the block sent to active_element.authorize_with returns an object that implements a #permissions method which returns an array of strings.