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Ruby User Authentication with Rails Password Hashing and Sign In Testing Session Creation

Posted by John Martens
John Martens
8,689 Points

Can't get user.authenticate question right on quiz

I re-watched the video and copied my working code directly from sublime into the answer box as:

if user && user.authenticate(params[:password])

..where everything after user. is expected as the answer and it keeps saying it is wrong. Not sure why ??

1 Answer

Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi John,

Your answer is correct but the question need only first word which is "authenticate" without adding others. 

user = User.find_by(email: params[:email])
if user && user.authenticate

-Salman

John Martens
John Martens
8,689 Points

Wow, thanks Salman. I wish they would be more specific in the question or at least write the 'answer checking' code to accept the long version too. The answer they want is only partial and wont actually work in the model