Rails - Authlogic: undefined method 'valid_password?' - ruby-on-rails

Question

I managed to get user account creation working however I am running into an issue when I try to log in to the newly created account:
undefined method `valid_password?'
and the error highlights
if #user_session.save!
I am Authlogic and BCrypt on Rails 5 and I do not know why or how to fix the error above. I used this guide in order to setup Authlogic and I am able to sign out but when trying to log in, I get the above error. From some searches, some people have been able to solve this by restarting Heroku but I am not using Heroku so I do not believe that would work for me. Another solution was to add some password fields but I believe the "has_secure_password" would supply those fields accordingly. Does anyone know why this error occurs and/or how to fix it? Thanks!
Users Model:
class User < ApplicationRecord
has_many :activities
has_secure_password
validates :first_name, presence: true, length: {minimum: 1}
validates :last_name, presence: true, length: {minimum: 1}
validates :email, presence: true, uniqueness: true, length: {minimum: 5}
validates :password_digest, length: {minimum: 6}
validates :password, :confirmation => true, length: {minimum: 4}
validates :password_confirmation, presence: true
#-----------------------New Stuff ---------------------------------------
acts_as_authentic do |c|
c.crypto_provider = Authlogic::CryptoProviders::BCrypt
end
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
#---------------Unsure if working--------------
#validates_presence_of :password, :on => :create
#validates_presence_of :email
#validates_uniqueness_of :email
#----------------------------------------------
def self.authenticate(email, password)
user = find_by_email(email)
if user && user.password_hash == BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(password, user.password_salt)
user
else
nil
end
end
def encrypt_password
if password.present?
self.password_salt = BCrypt::Engine.generate_salt
self.password_hash = BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(password, password_salt)
end
end
end
User Sessions Controller:
class UserSessionsController < ApplicationController
def new
#user_session = UserSession.new
end
def create
#user_session = UserSession.new(user_session_params)
if #user_session.save!
flash[:success] = 'Welcome back'
redirect_to root_path
else
render :new
end
end
def destroy
current_user_session.destroy
flash[:success] = 'Goodbye'
#redirect_to root_path - Should redirect somewhere after logout
end
private
def user_session_params
params.require(:user_session).permit(:email,:password)
end
end
Current User and User Session Tables:
create_table "user_sessions", force: :cascade do |t|
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
end
create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
t.string "first_name"
t.string "last_name"
t.string "email"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
t.string "persistence_token"
t.string "password_digest"
t.index ["email"], name: "index_users_on_email", unique: true, using: :btree
end
EDIT 04-11-17
After making the changes below, it worked for me and I was able to log out and in without the mentioned problems. I still do not know why it gave me the error but I suspect it is because I was using "has_secure_password" which does not have a function to check if the password is valid ("valid_password?").

Answer 1

Alright turns out I managed to fix it by removing "has_secure_password" and just solely relying on "acts_as_authentic". After that, I was able to log in successfully. Here's my updated code:
User Model:
class User < ApplicationRecord
has_many :activities
acts_as_authentic
validates :first_name, presence: true, length: {minimum: 1}
validates :last_name, presence: true, length: {minimum: 1}
validates :email, presence: true, uniqueness: true, length: {minimum: 5}
validates :password, :confirmation => true, length: {minimum: 4}
validates :password_confirmation, presence: true
#-----------------------New Stuff ---------------------------------------
#------------------------------------------------------------------------
#---------------Unsure if working--------------
#validates_presence_of :password, :on => :create
#validates_presence_of :email
#validates_uniqueness_of :email
#----------------------------------------------
def self.authenticate(email, password)
user = find_by_email(email)
if user && user.password_hash == BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(password, user.password_salt)
user
else
nil
end
end
def encrypt_password
if password.present?
self.password_salt = BCrypt::Engine.generate_salt
self.password_hash = BCrypt::Engine.hash_secret(password, password_salt)
end
end
end
User Table:
create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
t.string "first_name"
t.string "last_name"
t.string "email"
t.datetime "created_at", null: false
t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
t.string "persistence_token"
t.string "password_digest"
t.string "crypted_password", null: false
t.string "password_salt"
t.index ["email"], name: "index_users_on_email", unique: true, using: :btree
end
Not all of the fields above are required but I have them as I'm still new to Rails. The main thing required was "crypted_password" and "password_salt". After making the above edits, I was able to log in and out successfully without the mentioned error.