Michael Hartl Chapter 10: password/activate email link - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am going through Michael Hartl's tutorial and am stuck on the very end of Chapter 10. When I click "I forgot my password" - the email sends successfully. However the "Reset Password" link, directs me back to the home page, rather then the reset password page.
In views/password_resets/edit.html.rb
<% provide(:title, 'Reset password') %>
<h1>Reset password</h1>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
<%= form_for(#user, url: password_reset_path(params[:id])) do |f| %>
<%= render 'shared/error_messages' %>
<%= hidden_field_tag :email, #user.email %>
<%= f.label :password %>
<%= f.password_field :password, class: 'form-control' %>
<%= f.label :password_confirmation, "Confirmation" %>
<%= f.password_field :password_confirmation, class: 'form-control' %>
<%= f.submit "Update password", class: "btn btn-primary" %>
<% end %>
</div>
</div>
mailers/user_mailer.rb
class UserMailer < ActionMailer::Base
default from: "noreply#example.com"
def account_activation(user)
#user = user
mail to: user.email, subject: "Account activation"
end
en.user_mailer.password_reset.subject
#
def password_reset(user)
#user = user
mail to: user.email, subject: "Password reset"
end
end
views/user_mailer/password_reset.html.erb
<h1>Password reset</h1>
<p>To reset your password click the link below:</p>
<%= link_to "Reset password", edit_password_reset_url(#user.reset_token,
email: #user.email) %>
<p>This link will expire in two hours.</p>
<p>
If you did not request your password to be reset, please ignore this email and
your password will stay as it is.
</p>
In models/users.rb
# Sets the password reset attributes.
def create_reset_digest
self.reset_token = User.new_token
update_attribute(:reset_digest, User.digest(reset_token))
update_attribute(:reset_sent_at, Time.zone.now)
end
# Sends password reset email.
def send_password_reset_email
UserMailer.password_reset(self).deliver_now
end
# Returns true if a password reset has expired.
def password_reset_expired?
reset_sent_at < 2.hours.ago
end
config/routes.rb
Rails.application.routes.draw do
get 'password_resets/new'
get 'password_resets/edit'
get 'sessions/new'
root 'static_pages#home'
get 'help' => 'static_pages#help'
get 'about' => 'static_pages#about'
get 'contact' => 'static_pages#contact'
get 'signup' => 'users#new'
get 'login' => 'sessions#new'
post 'login' => 'sessions#create'
delete 'logout' => 'sessions#destroy'
resources :users
resources :account_activations, only: [:edit]
resources :password_resets, only: [:new, :create, :edit, :update]
end
Please let me know if there is anything else I can provide to help.

Answer 1

I spent hours trying to figure this out, and finally discovered why I was having this problem. First of all, take a look at the routes file for this chapter Michael has on github here: github
My problem was simple. I hadn't authenticated the user for which I was trying to reset the password, thus I wasn't a valid user and couldn't reset my password.

Answer 2

Mr. Hartl has his routes like so:
Rails.application.routes.draw do
root 'static_pages#home'
get 'help' => 'static_pages#help'
get 'about' => 'static_pages#about'
get 'contact' => 'static_pages#contact'
get 'signup' => 'users#new'
get 'login' => 'sessions#new'
post 'login' => 'sessions#create'
delete 'logout' => 'sessions#destroy'
resources :users
resources :account_activations, only: [:edit]
resources :password_resets, only: [:new, :create, :edit, :update]
end
I think your extra entries are short-circuiting the intended routes.