generated Devise Controllers are empty - ruby-on-rails

Question

I start to play with Devise but thought I was lacking the freedom I had when I authenticated directly with Rails as per Michael Hartl tutorial. Then I generated the Devise controllers for my Devise model 'clients'. So that I can play a bit with it :
rails generate devise:controllers clients
Though the results is empty controllers :
class Clients::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
# before_action :configure_sign_up_params, only: [:create]
# before_action :configure_account_update_params, only: [:update]
# GET /resource/sign_up
# def new
# super
# end
# POST /resource
# def create
# super
# end
# GET /resource/edit
# def edit
# super
# end
# PUT /resource
# def update
# super
# end
# DELETE /resource
# def destroy
# super
# end
# GET /resource/cancel
# Forces the session data which is usually expired after sign
# in to be expired now. This is useful if the user wants to
# cancel oauth signing in/up in the middle of the process,
# removing all OAuth session data.
# def cancel
# super
# end
# protected
# If you have extra params to permit, append them to the sanitizer.
# def configure_sign_up_params
# devise_parameter_sanitizer.permit(:sign_up, keys: [:attribute])
# end
# If you have extra params to permit, append them to the sanitizer.
# def configure_account_update_params
# devise_parameter_sanitizer.permit(:account_update, keys: [:attribute])
# end
# The path used after sign up.
# def after_sign_up_path_for(resource)
# super(resource)
# end
# The path used after sign up for inactive accounts.
# def after_inactive_sign_up_path_for(resource)
# super(resource)
# end
end
So I guess real Devise controllers cannot be accessed at all, we just get controllers inheriting from the real hidden Devise controllers ?

Answer 1

The generated controller is meant to override the default behavior by removing super from the action. You can anyway copy and paste the actual code and play around with it. It's available on Github.
You can check the whole source code by following this link, https://github.com/plataformatec/devise
The actual code for Devise::RegistrationsController is,
class Devise::RegistrationsController < DeviseController
prepend_before_action :require_no_authentication, only: [:new, :create, :cancel]
prepend_before_action :authenticate_scope!, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy]
prepend_before_action :set_minimum_password_length, only: [:new, :edit]
# GET /resource/sign_up
def new
build_resource({})
yield resource if block_given?
respond_with resource
end
# POST /resource
def create
build_resource(sign_up_params)
resource.save
yield resource if block_given?
if resource.persisted?
if resource.active_for_authentication?
set_flash_message! :notice, :signed_up
sign_up(resource_name, resource)
respond_with resource, location: after_sign_up_path_for(resource)
else
set_flash_message! :notice, :"signed_up_but_#{resource.inactive_message}"
expire_data_after_sign_in!
respond_with resource, location: after_inactive_sign_up_path_for(resource)
end
else
clean_up_passwords resource
set_minimum_password_length
respond_with resource
end
end
# GET /resource/edit
def edit
render :edit
end
# PUT /resource
# We need to use a copy of the resource because we don't want to change
# the current user in place.
def update
self.resource = resource_class.to_adapter.get!(send(:"current_#{resource_name}").to_key)
prev_unconfirmed_email = resource.unconfirmed_email if resource.respond_to?(:unconfirmed_email)
resource_updated = update_resource(resource, account_update_params)
yield resource if block_given?
if resource_updated
if is_flashing_format?
flash_key = update_needs_confirmation?(resource, prev_unconfirmed_email) ?
:update_needs_confirmation : :updated
set_flash_message :notice, flash_key
end
bypass_sign_in resource, scope: resource_name
respond_with resource, location: after_update_path_for(resource)
else
clean_up_passwords resource
set_minimum_password_length
respond_with resource
end
end
# DELETE /resource
def destroy
resource.destroy
Devise.sign_out_all_scopes ? sign_out : sign_out(resource_name)
set_flash_message! :notice, :destroyed
yield resource if block_given?
respond_with_navigational(resource){ redirect_to after_sign_out_path_for(resource_name) }
end
# GET /resource/cancel
# Forces the session data which is usually expired after sign
# in to be expired now. This is useful if the user wants to
# cancel oauth signing in/up in the middle of the process,
# removing all OAuth session data.
def cancel
expire_data_after_sign_in!
redirect_to new_registration_path(resource_name)
end
protected
def update_needs_confirmation?(resource, previous)
resource.respond_to?(:pending_reconfirmation?) &&
resource.pending_reconfirmation? &&
previous != resource.unconfirmed_email
end
# By default we want to require a password checks on update.
# You can overwrite this method in your own RegistrationsController.
def update_resource(resource, params)
resource.update_with_password(params)
end
# Build a devise resource passing in the session. Useful to move
# temporary session data to the newly created user.
def build_resource(hash=nil)
self.resource = resource_class.new_with_session(hash || {}, session)
end
# Signs in a user on sign up. You can overwrite this method in your own
# RegistrationsController.
def sign_up(resource_name, resource)
sign_in(resource_name, resource)
end
# The path used after sign up. You need to overwrite this method
# in your own RegistrationsController.
def after_sign_up_path_for(resource)
after_sign_in_path_for(resource)
end
# The path used after sign up for inactive accounts. You need to overwrite
# this method in your own RegistrationsController.
def after_inactive_sign_up_path_for(resource)
scope = Devise::Mapping.find_scope!(resource)
router_name = Devise.mappings[scope].router_name
context = router_name ? send(router_name) : self
context.respond_to?(:root_path) ? context.root_path : "/"
end
# The default url to be used after updating a resource. You need to overwrite
# this method in your own RegistrationsController.
def after_update_path_for(resource)
signed_in_root_path(resource)
end
# Authenticates the current scope and gets the current resource from the session.
def authenticate_scope!
send(:"authenticate_#{resource_name}!", force: true)
self.resource = send(:"current_#{resource_name}")
end
def sign_up_params
devise_parameter_sanitizer.sanitize(:sign_up)
end
def account_update_params
devise_parameter_sanitizer.sanitize(:account_update)
end
def translation_scope
'devise.registrations'
end
end
you can get that here, https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/blob/master/app/controllers/devise/registrations_controller.rb
Hope that helps!