That article references our old "Heroku Garden" platform. The current platform is based on standards, so your best bet is to use one of the libraries mentioned like Devise.
Oren On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Abel Tamayo <[email protected]> wrote: > It looks like Heroku Users are used to authenticate users who already have > an account with Heroku and are allowed to check out the application's source > (that's the impression I get from skimming through the article). > > If you're looking for a commonly used, "standard" authentication method, > Authlogic and Devise seem to be the most commonly used gems for the task. > You can find tutorials on them both at railscasts.com > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:28 AM, jundai <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> In looking for a dead-simple auth option for my heroku app, I noticed >> this page: http://blog.heroku.com/archives/2008/1/14/heroku_user/ >> >> I tried accessing "heroku", and I wasn't able to get it working. I >> get a: >> >> NameError (undefined local variable or method `heroku_user' for >> #<FilmViewingsController:0x2b17f842faa0>): >> app/controllers/application_controller.rb:6:in `authorized?' >> app/controllers/film_viewings_controller.rb:39:in `edit' >> >> >> Is heroku_user something that's still available within heroku apps? >> Is there anything I have to do to enable it? Is it called something >> else now? I can't seem to find any indication that it's been removed >> as a feature, though I imagine heroku's platform has seen a lot of >> change since 2008. >> >> -Jdbk >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Heroku" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<heroku%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Heroku" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<heroku%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en.
