Roles implemented with easy_roles plugin

Plugin git repo : https://github.com/platform45/easy_roles 

 

Step 1 : Install Plugin

script/plugin install git://github.com/platform45/easy_roles.git

Step 2 : Generate migration to create column called roles in user's table

rails g easy_roles user roles

Step 3 : Run. rake db:migrate to run the migration

Step 4 : Add this line to the user's model

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  easy_roles :roles
end

Add users role, remove, check role as follows.

@user = User.first 

@user.add_role 'admin' 

@user.is_admin? 

=> true 

   

@user.has_role? 'admin' 

=> true 

 

@user.is_awesome? 

=> false 

 

@user.add_role 'awesome' 

 

@user.is_awesome? 

=> true 

 

@user.remove_role 'admin' 

 

@user.is_admin? 

=> false