Overriding Devise's registration controller to allow for a redirect after a successful sign_up has been done

Question

I have looked all over the place, and found a lot of info... but nothing works for me and I don\'t get it :(

I know that you are suppose to override the registration con

Answer 1

Ok... I am able to override it so you should be either :0

Create folder app/controllers/users

put there registrations_controller.rb with: (option with session - but it will try sign_in and later redirect - it may be not intended behavior for you ). Furthermore this is from devise wiki and I am not sure if it works

class Users::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController

  def create
    session["#{resource_name}_return_to"] = complete_path
    super
  end

end

restart application (just for ensure you don't trust anything)

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All in all you must override Create If you want redirect only Users... if you want define some more complex scenario you should monkeypatch sign_in_and_redirect

so your controller will looks like

class Users::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
  # POST /resource/sign_up
  def create
    build_resource

    if resource.save
      set_flash_message :notice, :signed_up

      #sign_in_and_redirect(resource_name, resource)\
      #this commented line is responsible for sign in and redirection
      #change to something you want..
    else
      clean_up_passwords(resource)
      render_with_scope :new
    end
  end
end

second option try to monkeypatch helper ....

module Devise
  module Controllers
    # Those helpers are convenience methods added to ApplicationController.
    module Helpers
      def sign_in_and_redirect(resource_or_scope, resource=nil, skip=false)
        #intended behaviour for signups
      end
    end
  end
end

Answer 2

I have tried the above solution and while it works, reading devise code, I have found that all you actually need in order to sign-out just registered user and redirect is:

1. to add is_approved or similar to your user table and
2. to add active_for_authentication? method in your User model

Code:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

  # ... some code

  def active_for_authentication?
    super && is_approved
  end
end

Was a bit hard to find when I needed it, but that is all. I am actually writing it here in case someone else needs it.