grosser · July 27, 2016 06:25 · Apr 1, 2013 · Apr 1, 2013 · Oct 11, 2011 · Oct 11, 2011
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.md b/rails_admin_without_devise.md
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
 # Using rails_admin without devise
 
-Having a buckload of code to authorize users on your application is something you may like or not.
-Speaking for myself I hate it. But I still love `rails_admin`, here's how you install it without devise. Thanks to [phoet](http://github.com/phoet) for providing the hints in the gist I have forked from.
-
 ## Add RailsAdmin to your Gemfile
 
 _do NOT add devise_
 
     gem "rails_admin", :git => "git://github.com/sferik/rails_admin.git"
-    gem "fastercsv", :platform => :ruby_18
 
-## Run Bundler
+## Bundle
 
     bundle install
 
 ## Run the generator for RailsAdmin
 
     rails g rails_admin:install
 
-Remove everything you do not need e.g. migrations or config/locales/devise*
-Cleanup the Gemfile and routes.rb etc
+Remove everything you do not need: migrations + added devise in Gemfile
 
 ## Create an initializer for your own admin authorization code
 
@@ -35,4 +30,7 @@ RailsAdmin.config do |config|
 
   config.main_app_name { ['My App', 'Admin'] }
 end
-```
+```
+
+# Thanks
+Thanks to [phoet](http://github.com/phoet) for providing the hints in the gist I have forked from.
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.md b/rails_admin_without_devise.md
@@ -21,31 +21,18 @@ _do NOT add devise_
 Remove everything you do not need e.g. migrations or config/locales/devise*
 Cleanup the Gemfile and routes.rb etc
 
-## Migrate the history entity
-
-    rake db:migrate
-
 ## Create an initializer for your own admin authorization code
 
 In `config/initializers/rails_admin.rb`:.
 
-    class FakeUser
-      def self.username
-        'admin'
-      end
-
-      def self.email
-        '[email protected]'
-      end
-    end
-
-    RailsAdmin.config do |config|
-      config.current_user_method do
-        authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
-          username == "gamesadmin" && password == "admingames"
-        end
-        FakeUser
-      end
-      config.main_app_name { ['Recommended Games', 'Admin'] }
-      config.authenticate_with{}
+```Ruby
+RailsAdmin.config do |config|
+  config.authorize_with do
+    authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic('Site Message') do |username, password|
+      username == 'foo' && password == 'bar'
     end
+  end
+
+  config.main_app_name { ['My App', 'Admin'] }
+end
+```
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.md b/rails_admin_without_devise.md
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ In `config/initializers/rails_admin.rb`:.
     end
 
     RailsAdmin.config do |config|
-      config.current_user_method { FakeUser }
+      config.current_user_method do
+        authenticate_or_request_with_http_basic do |username, password|
+          username == "gamesadmin" && password == "admingames"
+        end
+        FakeUser
+      end
       config.main_app_name { ['Recommended Games', 'Admin'] }
       config.authenticate_with{}
     end
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.md b/rails_admin_without_devise.md
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ _do NOT add devise_
 
 ## Run the generator for RailsAdmin
 
-It works and just does not install devise.
-You may also want to `$ rm config/locales/devise*`.
-
     rails g rails_admin:install
 
+Remove everything you do not need e.g. migrations or config/locales/devise*
+Cleanup the Gemfile and routes.rb etc
+
 ## Migrate the history entity
 
     rake db:migrate
@@ -29,19 +29,18 @@ You may also want to `$ rm config/locales/devise*`.
 
 In `config/initializers/rails_admin.rb`:.
 
-    require "rails_admin/application_controller"
-
-    module RailsAdmin
-      class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
-        before_filter :is_admin?
-
-        private
+    class FakeUser
+      def self.username
+        'admin'
+      end
 
-          def is_admin?
-            if current_user.try :admin?
-              head :forbidden
-              false
-            end
-          end
+      def self.email
+        '[email protected]'
       end
     end
+
+    RailsAdmin.config do |config|
+      config.current_user_method { FakeUser }
+      config.main_app_name { ['Recommended Games', 'Admin'] }
+      config.authenticate_with{}
+    end
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.md b/rails_admin_without_devise.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Speaking for myself I hate it. But I still love `rails_admin`, here's how you in
 _do NOT add devise_
 
     gem "rails_admin", :git => "git://github.com/sferik/rails_admin.git"
+    gem "fastercsv", :platform => :ruby_18
 
 ## Run Bundler
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ _do NOT add devise_
 It works and just does not install devise.
 You may also want to `$ rm config/locales/devise*`.
 
-    rake rails_admin:install
+    rails g rails_admin:install
 
 ## Migrate the history entity
 

diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.md b/rails_admin_without_devise.md
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ In `config/initializers/rails_admin.rb`:.
 
         private
 
-        def is_admin?
-          if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
-            head(:forbidden)
-            false
+          def is_admin?
+            if current_user.try :admin?
+              head :forbidden
+              false
+            end
           end
-        end
       end
     end
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.md b/rails_admin_without_devise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Using rails_admin without devise
+
+Having a buckload of code to authorize users on your application is something you may like or not.
+Speaking for myself I hate it. But I still love `rails_admin`, here's how you install it without devise. Thanks to [phoet](http://github.com/phoet) for providing the hints in the gist I have forked from.
+
+## Add RailsAdmin to your Gemfile
+
+_do NOT add devise_
+
+    gem "rails_admin", :git => "git://github.com/sferik/rails_admin.git"
+
+## Run Bundler
+
+    bundle install
+
+## Run the generator for RailsAdmin
+
+It works and just does not install devise.
+You may also want to `$ rm config/locales/devise*`.
+
+    rake rails_admin:install
+
+## Migrate the history entity
+
+    rake db:migrate
+
+## Create an initializer for your own admin authorization code
+
+In `config/initializers/rails_admin.rb`:.
+
+    require "rails_admin/application_controller"
+
+    module RailsAdmin
+      class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
+        before_filter :is_admin?
+
+        private
+
+        def is_admin?
+          if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
+            head(:forbidden)
+            false
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.rb b/rails_admin_without_devise.rb
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-# add RailsAdmin to the Gemfile
-# do NOT add devise
-gem "rails_admin", :git => "git://github.com/sferik/rails_admin.git"
-
-# run Bundler
-bundle
-
-# run the generator for RailsAdmin
-# looks like it's broken, but it just does not install devise
-# you may also remove the app/config/locales/devise.en.yml
-rails generate rails_admin:install_admin
-# create the history entity
-rake db:migrate
-
-# create an initializer for using CanCan with RailsAdmin
-# found here: http://everydayrails.com/2010/12/17/rails-admin-panel.html
-# config/initializers/rails_admin.rb
-require "rails_admin/application_controller"
-
-module RailsAdmin
-  class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
-    before_filter :can_admin?
-
-    private
-
-    def can_admin?
-      raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
-    end
-  end
-
-module RailsAdmin
-  class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
-    before_filter :can_admin?
-
-    private
-
-    def can_admin?
-      raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
-    end
-  end
-
-  # latest commits introduced new dependencies to devise...
-  DEFAULT_CURRENT_USER = Proc.new do
-    #return nil unless resource = Devise::mappings.keys.first {|r| signed_in?(r)}
-    send("current_user")
-  end
-
-end
-
-# RailsAdmin needs two additional things to get it working with my OmniAuth setup
-# 1. an email attribute on the User class, which i simply redirected to the nickname
-# app/models/user.rb
-def email
-  nickname
-end
-
-# 2. a logout route that matches Devises name schema
-# config/routes.rb
-match '/auth/destroy_user_session', :to => 'sessions#destroy_user_session', :as => :destroy_user_session
-
-# this simply redirects to the original logout
-# app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
-def destroy_user_session
-  redirect_to destroy_session_path
-end

diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.rb b/rails_admin_without_devise.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,24 @@ def can_admin?
       raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
     end
   end
+
+module RailsAdmin
+  class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
+    before_filter :can_admin?
+
+    private
+
+    def can_admin?
+      raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
+    end
+  end
+
+  # latest commits introduced new dependencies to devise...
+  DEFAULT_CURRENT_USER = Proc.new do
+    #return nil unless resource = Devise::mappings.keys.first {|r| signed_in?(r)}
+    send("current_user")
+  end
+
 end
 
 # RailsAdmin needs two additional things to get it working with my OmniAuth setup

diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.rb b/rails_admin_without_devise.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # looks like it's broken, but it just does not install devise
 # you may also remove the app/config/locales/devise.en.yml
 rails generate rails_admin:install_admin
+# create the history entity
+rake db:migrate
 
 # create an initializer for using CanCan with RailsAdmin
 # found here: http://everydayrails.com/2010/12/17/rails-admin-panel.html

diff --git a/rails_admin_without_devise.rb b/rails_admin_without_devise.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# add RailsAdmin to the Gemfile
+# do NOT add devise
+gem "rails_admin", :git => "git://github.com/sferik/rails_admin.git"
+
+# run Bundler
+bundle
+
+# run the generator for RailsAdmin
+# looks like it's broken, but it just does not install devise
+# you may also remove the app/config/locales/devise.en.yml
+rails generate rails_admin:install_admin
+
+# create an initializer for using CanCan with RailsAdmin
+# found here: http://everydayrails.com/2010/12/17/rails-admin-panel.html
+# config/initializers/rails_admin.rb
+require "rails_admin/application_controller"
+
+module RailsAdmin
+  class ApplicationController < ::ApplicationController
+    before_filter :can_admin?
+
+    private
+
+    def can_admin?
+      raise CanCan::AccessDenied if current_user.nil? || !current_user.admin?
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+# RailsAdmin needs two additional things to get it working with my OmniAuth setup
+# 1. an email attribute on the User class, which i simply redirected to the nickname
+# app/models/user.rb
+def email
+  nickname
+end
+
+# 2. a logout route that matches Devises name schema
+# config/routes.rb
+match '/auth/destroy_user_session', :to => 'sessions#destroy_user_session', :as => :destroy_user_session
+
+# this simply redirects to the original logout
+# app/controllers/sessions_controller.rb
+def destroy_user_session
+  redirect_to destroy_session_path
+end