# controllers/application.rb: # Parent class of all controllers in FOI site. Filters added to this controller # apply to all controllers in the application. Likewise, all the methods added # will be available for all controllers. # # Copyright (c) 2007 UK Citizens Online Democracy. All rights reserved. # Email: francis@mysociety.org; WWW: http://www.mysociety.org/ # # $Id: application.rb,v 1.28 2008-01-29 03:05:46 francis Exp $ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base # Standard hearders, footers and navigation for whole site layout "default" # Pick a unique cookie name to distinguish our session data from others' session :session_key => '_foi_session_id' # Override default error handler def rescue_action_in_public(exception) # do something based on exception @exception_backtrace = exception.backtrace.join("\n") @exception_class = exception.class.to_s render :template => "general/exception_caught.rhtml", :status => 404 end def local_request? false end private # Check the user is logged in def authenticated?(reason_params) unless session[:user_id] post_redirect = PostRedirect.new(:uri => request.request_uri, :post_params => params, :reason_params => reason_params) post_redirect.save! redirect_to signin_url(:token => post_redirect.token) return false end return true end def authenticated_as_user?(user, reason_params) reason_params[:user_name] = user.name reason_params[:user_url] = show_user_url(:simple_name => simplify_url_part(user.name)) if session[:user_id] if session[:user_id] == user.id # They are logged in as the right user return true else # They are already logged in, but as the wrong user @reason_params = reason_params render :template => 'user/wrong_user' return end end # They are not logged in at all return authenticated?(reason_params) end # Return logged in user def authenticated_user if session[:user_id].nil? return nil else return User.find(session[:user_id]) end end # Do a POST redirect. This is a nasty hack - we store the posted values in # the session, and when the GET redirect with "?post_redirect=1" happens, # load them in. def do_post_redirect(uri, params) session[:post_redirect_params] = params # XXX what is the built in Ruby URI munging function that can do this # choice of & vs. ? more elegantly than this dumb if statement? if uri.include?("?") uri += "&post_redirect=1" else uri += "?post_redirect=1" end redirect_to uri end # If we are in a faked redirect to POST request, then set post params. before_filter :check_in_post_redirect def check_in_post_redirect if params[:post_redirect] and session[:post_redirect_params] params.update(session[:post_redirect_params]) end end # Default layout shows user in corner, so needs access to it before_filter :authentication_check def authentication_check if session[:user_id] @user = authenticated_user end end # For administration interface, return display name of authenticated user def admin_http_auth_user if not request.env["REMOTE_USER"] return "*unknown*"; else return request.env["REMOTE_USER"] end end # URL generating functions are needed by all controllers (for redirects) # and views (for links), so include them into all of both. include LinkToHelper end