Handling id for social networking site

rubyonrails-talk
#1

Hi All,

I want to handle the id parameter for social networking site

For example:

If the user logins to the site having id=1, he can show his profile as

http://localhost:3000/users/1 http://localhost:3000/users/1/edit for editing

Scenario is that the logged in user having id=1 is able to see the and edit the profile details of another user say id=2 just by changing the url.

http://localhost:3000/users/2 http://localhost:3000/users/2/edit for editing

Continuing the same user having id=1 is also be able to copy and paste any url of user id=2 but some urls can only be accessed by user id=2

Problem: One user must not able to access another user details, Please let me know how to handle url parameters.

Thanks in advance, Saurabh

#2

Saurabh Peshkar wrote:

Thanks Max,

Do you have any idea about url hiding

Example:

My current url: http://localhost:3000/users/buying_history

I want to display it as http://localhost:3000/# or uneditable

Thanks Saurabh

I don't know how you could do this, best post in a new thread i think, since it's a different question.

#3

Don't do this. You're going to have to put the path someplace, and sufficiently determined attackers will mess with that place, wherever it is. The better approach is to design your app so that users can't do things they aren't supposed to, URL-trickery aside.

--Matt Jones

#4

why? make sure users know where they are~~

url trickery is not a smart way~

#5

#in users controller before_filter :user_is_current_user

def user_is_current_user   redirect_to :action => "index" unless current_user.id == params[:id].to_i end

Actually, a correction, i just noticed that i made this redirect to somewhere that is blocked, so it will go into an infinite loop. Just change the redirect to somewhere people can get to, like the home page for example.

def user_is_current_user    redirect_to "/" unless current_user.id == params[:id].to_i