Restricting a link to just admin users

I only want the link

  • <%= link_to “Users”, users_path %>
  • to be seen by admin users

    Header File

    <%= link_to “sample app”, root_path, id: “logo” %>

    • <%= link_to "Home", root_path %>
    • <%= link_to "Help", help_path %>
    • <% if logged_in? %>

    • <%= link_to "Users", users_path %>
    • Account

      • <%= link_to "Settings", edit_user_path(current_user) %>
      • <%= link_to “Log out”, logout_path, method: :delete %>

    • <% else %>

    • <%= link_to "Log in", login_path %>
    • <% end %>

    users controller is shown below

    class UsersController < ApplicationController

    before_action :logged_in_user, only: [:index, :edit, :update, :destroy,

    :following, :followers]

    before_action :correct_user, only: [:edit, :update]

    before_action :admin_user, only: :destroy

    def index

    @users = User.where(activated: true).paginate(page: params[:page])

    end

    def show

    @user = User.find(params[:id])

    redirect_to root_url and return unless @user.activated?

    end

    def new

    @user = User.new

    end

    def create

    @user = User.new(user_params)

    if @user.save

    @user.send_activation_email

    flash[:info] = “Please check your email to activate your account.”

    redirect_to root_url

    else

    render ‘new’

    end

    end

    def edit

    @user = User.find(params[:id])

    end

    def update

    @user = User.find(params[:id])

    if @user.update_attributes(user_params)

    flash[:success] = “Profile updated”

    redirect_to @user

    else

    render ‘edit’

    end

    end

    def destroy

    User.find(params[:id]).destroy

    flash[:success] = “User deleted”

    redirect_to users_url

    end

    private

    def user_params

    params.require(:user).permit(:name, :email, :password,

    :password_confirmation)

    end

    Confirms the correct user.

    def correct_user

    @user = User.find(params[:id])

    redirect_to(root_url) unless current_user?(@user)

    end

    Confirms an admin user.

    def admin_user

    redirect_to(root_url) unless current_user.admin?

    end

    end

    users model is shown below

    class User < ApplicationRecord

    attr_accessor :remember_token, :activation_token, :reset_token

    before_save :downcase_email

    before_create :create_activation_digest

    validates :name, presence: true, length: { maximum: 50 }

    VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+-.]+@[a-z\d-.]+.[a-z]+\z/i

    validates :email, presence: true, length: { maximum: 255 },

    format: { with: VALID_EMAIL_REGEX },

    uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }

    has_secure_password

    validates :password, presence: true, length: { minimum: 6 }, allow_nil: true

    Returns the hash digest of the given string.

    def User.digest(string)

    cost = ActiveModel::SecurePassword.min_cost ? BCrypt::Engine::MIN_COST :

    BCrypt::Engine.cost

    BCrypt::Password.create(string, cost: cost)

    end

    Returns a random token.

    def User.new_token

    SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64

    end

    Remembers a user in the database for use in persistent sessions.

    def remember

    self.remember_token = User.new_token

    update_attribute(:remember_digest, User.digest(remember_token))

    end

    Returns true if the given token matches the digest.

    def authenticated?(attribute, token)

    digest = send(“#{attribute}_digest”)

    return false if digest.nil?

    BCrypt::Password.new(digest).is_password?(token)

    end

    Forgets a user.

    def forget

    update_attribute(:remember_digest, nil)

    end

    Activates an account.

    def activate

    update_columns(activated: true, activated_at: Time.zone.now)

    end

    Sends activation email.

    def send_activation_email

    UserMailer.account_activation(self).deliver_now

    end

    Sets the password reset attributes.

    def create_reset_digest

    self.reset_token = User.new_token

    update_attribute(:reset_digest, User.digest(reset_token))

    update_attribute(:reset_sent_at, Time.zone.now)

    end

    Sends password reset email.

    def send_password_reset_email

    UserMailer.password_reset(self).deliver_now

    end

    Returns true if a password reset has expired.

    def password_reset_expired?

    reset_sent_at < 2.hours.ago

    end

    Returns a user’s status feed.

    private

    Converts email to all lower-case.

    def downcase_email

    email.downcase!

    #self.email = email.downcase

    end

    Creates and assigns the activation token and digest.

    def create_activation_digest

    self.activation_token = User.new_token

    self.activation_digest = User.digest(activation_token)

    end

    end

    index.html.erb is shown below

    <% provide(:title, ‘All users’) %>

    All users

    <%= will_paginate %>

      <%= render @users %>

    <%= will_paginate %>

    Is it possible to alter the index file so that only admin users see it and the link in the header file?

    Cheers Dave

    I only want the link <li><%= link_to "Users", users_path %></li> to be seen by admin users

    Header File

    <header class="navbar navbar-fixed-top navbar-inverse">   <div class="container">     <%= link_to "sample app", root_path, id: "logo" %>     <nav>       <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">         <li><%= link_to "Home", root_path %></li>         <li><%= link_to "Help", help_path %></li>          <% if logged_in? %>

    Test the role of the current user here and only show the next line if the role is admin.

              <li><%= link_to "Users", users_path %></li>

    Colin

    Thanks Colin

    It depends on how complex your permissions are, you could define a method in the user model called (for example) is_admin? That returns a Boolean, and then surround the links in a

    <% if current_user.is_admin? %> (Link here) <% end %>

    If your needs are a bit more complex then I would look at the ‘rolify’ gem, which can give you some fine grained role control, even down to an individual record

    So you can have a ‘global’ admin, or a table (model) admin, or a (user) record admin.

    I have used this in the past to make me a global admin, but when a user record is created, I make the user an admin (well manager anyway) of that record so they can update it

    That may be too complex for your needs but the functionality is there