require 'active_support/concern' require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/indifferent_access' require 'active_support/rescuable' module ActionController # Raised when a required parameter is missing. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: {}) # params.fetch(:b) # # => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param not found: b # params.require(:a) # # => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param not found: a class ParameterMissing < KeyError attr_reader :param # :nodoc: def initialize(param) # :nodoc: @param = param super("param not found: #{param}") end end # == Action Controller \Parameters # # Allows to choose which attributes should be whitelisted for mass updating # and thus prevent accidentally exposing that which shouldn’t be exposed. # Provides two methods for this purpose: #require and #permit. The former is # used to mark parameters as required. The latter is used to set the parameter # as permitted and limit which attributes should be allowed for mass updating. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new({ # person: { # name: 'Francesco', # age: 22, # role: 'admin' # } # }) # # permitted = params.require(:person).permit(:name, :age) # permitted # => {"name"=>"Francesco", "age"=>22} # permitted.class # => ActionController::Parameters # permitted.permitted? # => true # # Person.first.update_attributes!(permitted) # # => # # # It provides a +permit_all_parameters+ option that controls the top-level # behaviour of new instances. If it's +true+, all the parameters will be # permitted by default. The default value for +permit_all_parameters+ # option is +false+. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new # params.permitted? # => false # # ActionController::Parameters.permit_all_parameters = true # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new # params.permitted? # => true # # ActionController::Parameters is inherited from # ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess, this means # that you can fetch values using either :key or "key". # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(key: 'value') # params[:key] # => "value" # params["key"] # => "value" class Parameters < ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess cattr_accessor :permit_all_parameters, instance_accessor: false # Returns a new instance of ActionController::Parameters. # Also, sets the +permitted+ attribute to the default value of # ActionController::Parameters.permit_all_parameters. # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # end # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: 'Francesco') # params.permitted? # => false # Person.new(params) # => ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError # # ActionController::Parameters.permit_all_parameters = true # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: 'Francesco') # params.permitted? # => true # Person.new(params) # => # def initialize(attributes = nil) super(attributes) @permitted = self.class.permit_all_parameters end # Returns +true+ if the parameter is permitted, +false+ otherwise. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new # params.permitted? # => false # params.permit! # params.permitted? # => true def permitted? @permitted end # Sets the +permitted+ attribute to +true+. This can be used to pass # mass assignment. Returns +self+. # # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base # end # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: 'Francesco') # params.permitted? # => false # Person.new(params) # => ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError # params.permit! # params.permitted? # => true # Person.new(params) # => # def permit! each_pair do |key, value| convert_hashes_to_parameters(key, value) self[key].permit! if self[key].respond_to? :permit! end @permitted = true self end # Ensures that a parameter is present. If it's present, returns # the parameter at the given +key+, otherwise raises an # ActionController::ParameterMissing error. # # ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: 'Francesco' }).require(:person) # # => {"name"=>"Francesco"} # # ActionController::Parameters.new(person: nil).require(:person) # # => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param not found: person # # ActionController::Parameters.new(person: {}).require(:person) # # => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param not found: person def require(key) self[key].presence || raise(ParameterMissing.new(key)) end # Alias of #require. alias :required :require # Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance that # includes only the given +filters+ and sets the +permitted+ attribute # for the object to +true+. This is useful for limiting which attributes # should be allowed for mass updating. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(user: { name: 'Francesco', age: 22, role: 'admin' }) # permitted = params.require(:user).permit(:name, :age) # permitted.permitted? # => true # permitted.has_key?(:name) # => true # permitted.has_key?(:age) # => true # permitted.has_key?(:role) # => false # # You can also use +permit+ on nested parameters, like: # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new({ # person: { # name: 'Francesco', # age: 22, # pets: [{ # name: 'Purplish', # category: 'dogs' # }] # } # }) # # permitted = params.permit(person: [ :name, { pets: :name } ]) # permitted.permitted? # => true # permitted[:person][:name] # => "Francesco" # permitted[:person][:age] # => nil # permitted[:person][:pets][0][:name] # => "Purplish" # permitted[:person][:pets][0][:category] # => nil # # Note that if you use +permit+ in a key that points to a hash, # it won't allow all the hash. You also need to specify which # attributes inside the hash should be whitelisted. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new({ # person: { # contact: { # email: 'none@test.com' # phone: '555-1234' # } # } # }) # # params.require(:person).permit(:contact) # # => {} # # params.require(:person).permit(contact: :phone) # # => {"contact"=>{"phone"=>"555-1234"}} # # params.require(:person).permit(contact: [ :email, :phone ]) # # => {"contact"=>{"email"=>"none@test.com", "phone"=>"555-1234"}} def permit(*filters) params = self.class.new filters.flatten.each do |filter| case filter when Symbol, String then if has_key?(filter) _value = self[filter] params[filter] = _value unless Hash === _value end keys.grep(/\A#{Regexp.escape(filter)}\(\d+[if]?\)\z/) { |key| params[key] = self[key] } when Hash then self.slice(*filter.keys).each do |key, values| return unless values key = key.to_sym params[key] = each_element(values) do |value| # filters are a Hash, so we expect value to be a Hash too next if filter.is_a?(Hash) && !value.is_a?(Hash) value = self.class.new(value) if !value.respond_to?(:permit) value.permit(*Array.wrap(filter[key])) end end end end params.permit! end # Returns a parameter for the given +key+. If not found, # returns +nil+. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: 'Francesco' }) # params[:person] # => {"name"=>"Francesco"} # params[:none] # => nil def [](key) convert_hashes_to_parameters(key, super) end # Returns a parameter for the given +key+. If the +key+ # can't be found, there are several options: With no other arguments, # it will raise an ActionController::ParameterMissing error; # if more arguments are given, then that will be returned; if a block # is given, then that will be run and its result returned. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: 'Francesco' }) # params.fetch(:person) # => {"name"=>"Francesco"} # params.fetch(:none) # => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param not found: none # params.fetch(:none, 'Francesco') # => "Francesco" # params.fetch(:none) { 'Francesco' } # => "Francesco" def fetch(key, *args) convert_hashes_to_parameters(key, super) rescue KeyError raise ActionController::ParameterMissing.new(key) end # Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance that # includes only the given +keys+. If the given +keys+ # don't exist, returns an empty hash. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: 1, b: 2, c: 3) # params.slice(:a, :b) # => {"a"=>1, "b"=>2} # params.slice(:d) # => {} def slice(*keys) self.class.new(super).tap do |new_instance| new_instance.instance_variable_set :@permitted, @permitted end end # Returns an exact copy of the ActionController::Parameters # instance. +permitted+ state is kept on the duped object. # # params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: 1) # params.permit! # params.permitted? # => true # copy_params = params.dup # => {"a"=>1} # copy_params.permitted? # => true def dup super.tap do |duplicate| duplicate.instance_variable_set :@permitted, @permitted end end private def convert_hashes_to_parameters(key, value) if value.is_a?(Parameters) || !value.is_a?(Hash) value else # Convert to Parameters on first access self[key] = self.class.new(value) end end def each_element(object) if object.is_a?(Array) object.map { |el| yield el }.compact elsif object.is_a?(Hash) && object.keys.all? { |k| k =~ /\A-?\d+\z/ } hash = object.class.new object.each { |k,v| hash[k] = yield v } hash else yield object end end end # == Strong \Parameters # # It provides an interface for protecting attributes from end-user # assignment. This makes Action Controller parameters forbidden # to be used in Active Model mass assignment until they have been # whitelisted. # # In addition, parameters can be marked as required and flow through a # predefined raise/rescue flow to end up as a 400 Bad Request with no # effort. # # class PeopleController < ActionController::Base # # Using "Person.create(params[:person])" would raise an # # ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributes exception because it'd # # be using mass assignment without an explicit permit step. # # This is the recommended form: # def create # Person.create(person_params) # end # # # This will pass with flying colors as long as there's a person key in the # # parameters, otherwise it'll raise an ActionController::MissingParameter # # exception, which will get caught by ActionController::Base and turned # # into a 400 Bad Request reply. # def update # redirect_to current_account.people.find(params[:id]).tap { |person| # person.update_attributes!(person_params) # } # end # # private # # Using a private method to encapsulate the permissible parameters is # # just a good pattern since you'll be able to reuse the same permit # # list between create and update. Also, you can specialize this method # # with per-user checking of permissible attributes. # def person_params # params.require(:person).permit(:name, :age) # end # end # # In order to use accepts_nested_attribute_for with Strong \Parameters, you # will need to specify which nested attributes should be whitelisted. # # class Person # has_many :pets # accepts_nested_attributes_for :pets # end # # class PeopleController < ActionController::Base # def create # Person.create(person_params) # end # # ... # # private # # def person_params # # It's mandatory to specify the nested attributes that should be whitelisted. # # If you use `permit` with just the key that points to the nested attributes hash, # # it will return an empty hash. # params.require(:person).permit(:name, :age, pets_attributes: [ :name, :category ]) # end # end # # See ActionController::Parameters.require and ActionController::Parameters.permit # for more information. module StrongParameters extend ActiveSupport::Concern include ActiveSupport::Rescuable included do rescue_from(ActionController::ParameterMissing) do |parameter_missing_exception| render text: "Required parameter missing: #{parameter_missing_exception.param}", status: :bad_request end end # Returns a new ActionController::Parameters object that # has been instantiated with the request.parameters. def params @_params ||= Parameters.new(request.parameters) end # Assigns the given +value+ to the +params+ hash. If +value+ # is a Hash, this will create an ActionController::Parameters # object that has been instantiated with the given +value+ hash. def params=(value) @_params = value.is_a?(Hash) ? Parameters.new(value) : value end end end