Skip email validation for omniauth-twitter on devise 2.0

Question

I\'m using devise 2.0 and gem omniauth-twitter

The problem is that twitter does not send an email in response, so the model user of my application validates that the

Answer 1

A solution is explained thoroughly here: http://asciicasts.com/episodes/236-omniauth-part-2

And on GitHub: https://github.com/fertapric/rails3-mongoid-devise-omniauth/wiki/How-To:-Retrieve-email-information-(middle-step)-from-providers-like-Twitter-or-LinkedIn

For some reason, this question shows up higher in Google's ranks than these links, so I thought I'd add them to the answers.

Answer 2

I am facing the same problem, Twitter doesn't give you the email via oauth, you have to think in another way to obtain the email. The only solution that I figured out, is override the callback and use the twitter data to autocomplete a form and give the user the chance to complete his mail by himself and then sign up and save the user in the database.

Look the following question:

Is there a way to get an user's email ID after verifying his/her Twitter identity using OAuth?

Answer 3

Add this to your User model:

def email_required?
  super && provider.blank?
end

You can use an equivalent method for the password:

def password_required?
  super && provider.blank?
end

This should override the field requirements when using Omniauth providers.

Answer 4

You need to remove the presence validation of the email field. Follow this post and see if that works. Sorry for the late response, hope this helps.