ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError when creating new user

Question

I have this model in Ruby but it throws a ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessor :password
  v         


        

Answer 1

There is an easier way to avoid the Strong Parameters at all, you just need to convert the parameters to a regular hash, as:

unlocked_params = ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(params)

model.create!(unlocked_params)

This defeats the purpose of strong parameters of course, but if you are in a situation like mine (I'm doing my own management of allowed params in another part of my system) this will get the job done.