Expiring Token

Generate and verify expiring tokens.

Example

app/controllers/users_controller.rb

class UsersController < ApplicationController
  before_filter :authorize_expiring_token
end

def new
  @user = User.new
end

protected
  ExpiringToken.key = 'my secret key'
  def authorize_expiring_token
    unless ExpiringToken.verify(params[:token])
      failed_login("A valid token is required to signup.") and return false
    end
  end

Copyright© 2007 Joshua Peek, released under the MIT license