Devise logged in root route rails 3

Question

Heyya guys. So i thought about this coolio idea, if you are logged in then you get some sort of dashboard, else you get an information/login/sign up page..

Answer 1

I too wanted this in my app, here's what I came up with.

MyCoolioApp::Application.routes.draw do
  root :to => 'users#dashboard', :constraints => lambda {|r| r.env["warden"].authenticate? }
  root :to => 'welcome#index'

  get "/" => 'users#dashboard', :as => "user_root"

  # ..
end

In Rails 3 you can use Request Based Contraints to dynamically map your root route. The solution above works for the Devise authentication gem but can be modified to support your own implementation.

With the above root_path or / will route to a WelcomeController#index action for un-authenticated requests. When a user is logged in the same root_path will route to UsersController#dashboard.

Hope this helps.