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Posted by Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas
40,856 Points

Ruby in Rails Error. Help!

I was following along with the first Ruby on Rails course and on Generating the User Model the attr_accessible wasn't there so I added them in and then when I went to run the rails server I got this error: Exiting /home/charliethomas/Projects/treebook/config/initializers/devise.rb:7:in block in <top (required)>': undefined methodsecret_key=' for Devise:Module (NoMethodError) from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/devise-3.0.0.rc/lib/devise.rb:265:in setup' from /home/charliethomas/Projects/treebook/config/initializers/devise.rb:3:in<top (required)>' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:in load' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:inblock in load' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in load_dependency' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:223:inload' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:609:in block (2 levels) in <class:Engine>' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:608:ineach' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/engine.rb:608:in block in <class:Engine>' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:ininstance_exec' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in run' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:55:inblock in run_initializers' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:150:in block in tsort_each' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:183:inblock (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_component' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:210:in block (2 levels) in each_strongly_connected_component_from' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:219:ineach_strongly_connected_component_from' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:209:in block in each_strongly_connected_component_from' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:44:ineach' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:44:in tsort_each_child' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:203:ineach_strongly_connected_component_from' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:182:in block in each_strongly_connected_component' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:180:ineach' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:180:in each_strongly_connected_component' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/tsort.rb:148:intsort_each' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in run_initializers' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/application.rb:215:ininitialize!' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in method_missing' from /home/charliethomas/Projects/treebook/config/environment.rb:5:in<top (required)>' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:in require' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inblock in require' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in load_dependency' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/activesupport-4.0.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:229:inrequire' from /home/charliethomas/Projects/treebook/config.ru:3:in block in <main>' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:ininstance_eval' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:55:in initialize' from /home/charliethomas/Projects/treebook/config.ru:innew' from /home/charliethomas/Projects/treebook/config.ru:in <main>' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:49:ineval' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:49:in new_from_string' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/builder.rb:40:inparse_file' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:277:in build_app_and_options_from_config' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:199:inapp' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands/server.rb:48:in app' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/rack-1.5.2/lib/rack/server.rb:314:inwrapped_app' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands/server.rb:75:in start' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:76:inblock in <top (required)>' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:in tap' from /home/charliethomas/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:in<top (required)>' from bin/rails:4:in require' from bin/rails:4:in<main>'

2 Answers

Josh Flowers
Josh Flowers
7,010 Points

The attr_accessible method has been depreciated in the latest version of Rails. So if you're running version 4 of Rails, this is probably the problem.

Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas
40,856 Points

So should I put nothing or is there an alternative syntax

Josh Flowers
Josh Flowers
7,010 Points

From what I've read, others have just left it out.

Charlie Thomas
Charlie Thomas
40,856 Points

Thanks

Hethe Berg
Hethe Berg
6,963 Points
Hethe Berg
Hethe Berg
6,963 Points

For Rails 4 and Devise:

It's tricky for me as I'm a noob. It's a two part solution for the controller page: Works for me, FYI, I use a :profile_name here and you may not

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
    # Prevent CSRF attacks by raising an exception.
  # For APIs, you may want to use :null_session instead.
  protect_from_forgery with: :exception

  before_filter :configure_permitted_parameters, if: :devise_controller?


protected

  def configure_permitted_parameters
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) { |u| u.permit( :first_name, :last_name, :profile_name, :password_confirmation, :password, :email ) }
    devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_in) { |u| u.permit( :profile_name, :password, :email ) }
  end

end
Josh Flowers
Josh Flowers
7,010 Points

nice!