validating user's e-mail address with hashed link

rubyonrails-talk
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Hi everyone-

This is obviously a pattern, can someone suggest pseudocode, including where to put the mailing?

I was thinking in the model:

aftercreate:   - create hash for link   - send e-mail with clickable link

in the view   - if the create is successful, redirect to "you'll be getting an e- mail" page

in controller:   - create an action called confirmation that takes hash and login from GET   - change status of user to confirmed

is there an easier (built-in to rails) approach?

Thanks, Dino

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look at restful_authentication, it provides a method for activating a user with an activation code and acts_as_state_machine

http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/plugins/restful_authentication/

Mike

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validates_format_of :email, :with => /^([^@\s]+)@((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})$/i,                                        :message => "is not valid"

Try this..