Make current password optional when editing user?

[kidbombay]

Is there a way to make current password optional when riding user?

[danschultzer]

Yeah, you just have to override the changeset:

defmodule MyApp.Users.User do
  use Ecto.Schema
  use Pow.Ecto.Schema

  # ...

  def changeset(user_or_changeset, attrs) do
    user_or_changeset
    |> pow_user_id_field_changeset(attrs)
    |> pow_password_changeset(attrs)
  end
end

[danschultzer]

Obviously this makes the current password irrelevant, as it should be if users can edit their information without the current password, but if you want to make it actually optional (so if used it has to be the correct password) you would need to add it as a custom changeset method:

  def changeset(user_or_changeset, attrs) do
    user_or_changeset
    |> maybe_validate_current_password(attrs)
    |> pow_user_id_field_changeset(attrs)
    |> pow_password_changeset(attrs)
  end

  defp maybe_validate_current_password(user_or_changeset, attrs) do
    case current_password_entered?(attrs) do
      false -> user_or_changeset
      true  -> pow_current_password_changeset(user_or_changeset, attrs)
    end
  end 

[kidbombay]

Thank you!