Adding name attribute to `User` in Devise

Question

I\'m trying to add a name attribute to the User model provided by Devise. I added a \"name\" column to my database, and changed the sign up view so that it asks for the use

Answer 1

For Rails 5 (in fact devise 4)

Tested for: rails 5.1.0 (devise 4.2.1)

There is no need to work with devise controllers.

Just add the following to your application_controller.rb:

before_action :configure_permitted_parameters, if:  :devise_controller?


protected

  def configure_permitted_parameters

    devise_parameter_sanitizer.permit(:sign_up, keys: [:name])

  end

devise_parameter_sanitizer.for no longer works with Rails 5 (to be more correct, it is not supported in devise 4, which is the expected devise version in a Rails 5 context): use devise_parameter_sanitizer.permit to avoid undefined method 'for' for # error