Quoting Walter Lee Davis <[email protected]>: > > On Jan 13, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Donald R. Ziesig wrote: > > >I restrict the ip to 0.0.0.0 (localhost) so no one outside the > >server can use the route. If someone is able to hack into the > >server itself, all bets are off. :-( . So far I haven't had any > >problems, and the site has been up for 3.5 years so far. > > > >local_request? would work too. > > > I need to do something similar -- keep all but cron requests from > the same server from tripping a particular method in my controller. > Can you elaborate on how local_request? could be used for that > purpose? I looked at the documentation, and it appears to be a test > you can run on an exception, but I'm not clear how to employ it -- > what would I use to raise the exception in the first place? > > Is it as simple as this? > > def my_api_method > send_out_a_bunch_of_mail if local_request? > end > > My gut tells me no, there's an object missing here. >
The object is an ActiveController instance, i.e. an HTTP request handler. The method checks the IP address of the requester. Jeffrey -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
