instance method `generate`

Ruby on Rails 5.2.8.1

Since v2.3.18

Available in: v2.3.18 v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

Compare with:

generate(value, expires_at: nil, expires_in: nil, purpose: nil)

Generates a signed message for the provided value.

The message is signed with the MessageVerifier‘s secret. Without knowing the secret, the original value cannot be extracted from the message.

verifier = ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier.new 's3Krit'
verifier.generate 'a private message' # => "BAhJIhRwcml2YXRlLW1lc3NhZ2UGOgZFVA==--e2d724331ebdee96a10fb99b089508d1c72bd772"

Parameters

value req
expires_at key = nil
expires_in key = nil
purpose key = nil

Source

# File activesupport/lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb, line 186
    def generate(value, expires_at: nil, expires_in: nil, purpose: nil)
      data = encode(Messages::Metadata.wrap(@serializer.dump(value), expires_at: expires_at, expires_in: expires_in, purpose: purpose))
      "#{data}--#{generate_digest(data)}"
    end

Defined in activesupport/lib/active_support/message_verifier.rb line 186 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveSupport::MessageVerifier

Signature

Parameters