Hi,-
I am looking for a clean and secure way for an ActiveRecord instance to
delete itself. Say I have a User model in my app. Then the destructive
action would be /users/user_id/destroy. If this action is not secured by
a filter like:
(*) before_filter :check_administrator_role, :only => :destroy
then any user could potentially log in and start issuing:
/users/1/destroy
/users/2/destroy
.
.
.
/users/n/destroy
But I want to give a User the possibility to delete [him|her]self.
Currently the only way I can think of it is this:
1) Remove the filter (*)
2) Re-code the destroy method so:
def destroy
@user = User.find(params[:id])
if logged_in_user == @user or
logged_in_user.has_role?('administrator')
if @user.destroy
flash[:notice] = "User deleted"
else
flash[:error] = "There was a problem deleting this user."
end
redirect_to :action => 'index'
end
But, is this the best way to do it?
Thanks in advance,
Vahagn
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