Month: February 2018

How Do I Authorize Only the Creator of a Post to Update or Delete it?

Published February 27, 2018 by john

Let’s say your Rails app has an ActiveRecord data type, Post, and you want to only authorize the creator of that Post, who is of…

Published February 26, 2018 by john

Let’s say you’re building an app on iOS, and you’ve already built an API and you’ve chosen Devise, but you’re stuck because you cannot authorize…

Published February 22, 2018 by john

Here are 3 ways to authenticate a client with an API that you are designing. 1. Basic HTTP Auth This is as simple as it…

Published February 6, 2018 by john

I know how to build a blog in Rails with CRUD, what’s next? You’re a beginner, and you feel like you’ve reached a plateau. You’ve…