Devise Guests¶ ↑
A drop-in guest user implementation for devise
(I'm using “user” to mean my devise model, but you should be able to use any model you want, just like devise)
Installation¶ ↑
# install devise first # gem install devise # rails g devise:install # rails g devise User gem install devise-guests rails g devise_guests User
Usage¶ ↑
# Where you might use current_user; now you can use current_or_guest_user # which returns current_user # (for logged in users) => User<id: 1, email: ...> # or guest_user # ( for anonymous users) => User<id: nil, email: guest_RANDOMENOUGHSTRING_@example.com, guest: true>