ContextAssignment¶ ↑

Protect your attributes from mass_assignment per context. Sometimes you want an admin to be able to edit a users is_admin boolean field, but never the user himself. This is in-context attribute setting.

Example¶ ↑

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :name, :first_name # default context
  attr_accessible :name, :first_name, :is_admin, :context => :backoffice
  attr_accessible :api_last_used, :context => :api
end

In your different controllers, you can the do

Person.new(:name => 'De Poorter', :first_name => 'Jan') # default context

Person.find(params[:id]).update_attributes(params[:person], :context => :backoffice)

Person.find_by_api_key!(params[:api_key]).update_attributes(params[:person], :context => :api)

Copyright © 2009 Jan De Poorter, released under the MIT license