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Posted by karim manji
karim manji
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How to generate encrypted password for integration test of friendship (Treebook app) ?

In the video, Jason's integration test fails because there's no password. So he generates an encrypted password (somehow) and pastes it into the users.yml file. How did he generate that encrypted password? He doesn't say, and I haven't been able to find it on the forums.

My test is still failing...

6 Answers

karim manji
karim manji
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John,

Thanks!

That site didn't work, but that's 'cause it was looking for a bcrypt hash (not MD5). I used the site: http://bcrypthashgenerator.apphb.com/ and it worked!

Your response put me on the right track :)

Karim.

John Steer-Fowler
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John Steer-Fowler
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John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
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Hey Karim,

I have no idea what Jason used to do this, he never explained the tool he used. However, you could google a tool for this, or use something like:

http://www.randomkeygen.com

Hope this helps

karim manji
karim manji
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karim manji
karim manji
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Thanks for responding, John. I tried grabbing one of the encrypted passwords from the site but got an error when running the test - invalid hash.

I think the encrypted password has to be created based on the password input (in the tutorial's case, it was "testing"), and this site only provides secure passwords, not encrypted passwords based on password input. That's my understanding, anyways.

Hopefully Jason Seifer responds...

John Steer-Fowler
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John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
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Hi Karim,

I think you are right. I am guessing you are referring to the Devise gem in this post? I think Devise may 'hash' the passwords using MD5 Hashing. If this is the case, you should be able to use this website:

http://www.md5hashgenerator.com/

Insert your password and it should return the MD5 Hash of your password.

Let me know if this works or not. If this isn't correct then I have no idea and we will need to hear from Jason.

John Steer-Fowler
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John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
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Ah, glad you have it sorted now. I admit, I have never actually looked into how Devise hashes it's passwords, but you have just taught me something there :D

Glad your sorted, have fun with Ruby on Rails!

Mick Soumphonphakdy
Mick Soumphonphakdy
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Mick Soumphonphakdy
Mick Soumphonphakdy
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Hi there,

I'm having the same issue have used the site that Karim has suggested but I'm still getting the 302 response. Anyone out there has this issue?

Thanks, Mick