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app/controllers/concerns/token_authentication.rb

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# Code taken from:
# https://gist.github.com/gonzalo-bulnes/7659739

module TokenAuthentication
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  # Please see https://gist.github.com/josevalim/fb706b1e933ef01e4fb6
  # before editing this file, the discussion is very interesting.

  included do
    private :authenticate_from_token!
    # # This is our new function that comes before Devise's one
    # before_filter :authenticate_from_token!
    # # This is Devise's authentication
    # before_filter :authenticate_user!
  end

  # For this example, we are simply using token authentication
  # via parameters. However, anyone could use Rails's token
  # authentication features to get the token from a header.
  def authenticate_from_token!
    # Set the authentication params if not already present
    if user_token = params[:user_token].blank? && request.headers["X-User-Token"]
      params[:user_token] = user_token
    end
    if user_email = params[:user_email].blank? && request.headers["X-User-Email"]
      params[:user_email] = user_email
    end

    # Ask user to login if auth_token or email unspecified
    unless params[:user_token] && params[:user_email]
      return render json: { error: 'You must login to do this' }, status: 401
    end

    user_email = params[:user_email].presence
    user = user_email && User.find_by(email: user_email)

    # Notice how we use Devise.secure_compare to compare the token
    # in the database with the token given in the params, mitigating
    # timing attacks.
    if user && Devise.secure_compare(user.access_token, params[:user_token])
      # Notice we are passing store false, so the user is not
      # actually stored in the session and a token is needed
      # for every request. If you want the token to work as a
      # sign in token, you can simply remove store: false.
      sign_in user, store: false
    else
      return render json: { error: 'You are not authorized to do this.' }, status: 403
    end
  end

  module ClassMethods
    # nop
  end
end