Handle CanCan exceptions gracefully

concerto · May 6, 2012 · cfd6415 · cfd6415
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diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ def check_for_initial_install
     end
   end
 
+  #Don't break for CanCan exceptions; send the user to the front page with a Flash error message
+  rescue_from CanCan::AccessDenied do |exception|
+    redirect_to root_url, :flash => { :notice => exception.message }
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,18 @@
 # See http://github.com/svenfuchs/rails-i18n/tree/master/rails%2Flocale for starting points.
 
 en:
-  hello: "Hello world"
   is_viewable: "Viewable"
   is_submittable: "Submittable"
   membership_approved: "Approved"
   membersip_denied: "Denied"
+
+  #CanCan Exceptions localization (https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/exception-handling)
+  unauthorized:
+    read:
+      all: "You're not authorized to read %{subject}."
+    create:
+      all: "You're not authorized to create %{subject}."
+    update:
+      all: "You're not authorized to update %{subject}."      
+    delete:
+      all: "You're not authorized to delete %{subject}."