Question

I’m getting this error: undefined local variable or methodsessions_path’ for #<#:0x2db44c8>when I go tolocalhost:3000/login` which isn’t making much sense to me seeing the code is exactly like that of a previous application where it does work.

Here are the code of the related files.

routes.rb

get 'register' => 'users#new', :as => 'register'
get 'login' => 'sessions#new', :as => 'login'
get 'logout' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => 'logout' 

resources :users, :path => '/'

root :to => 'users#index' 
match '/:id' => 'users#show' 

sessions_controller.rb

class SessionsController < ApplicationController
def new
end

def create
    user = User.find_by_email(params[:email])
    if user && user.authenticate(params[:password])
        session[:user_id] = user.id
        redirect_to root_url, :notice => 'Logged in!'
    else
        flash.now.alert = 'Invalid email or password'
        render 'new'
    end
end

def destroy
    session[:user_id] = nil
    redirect_to root_url, :notice => 'Logged out!'
end
end

views/sessions/new.html.erb

<h1>Log in</h1>

<%= form_tag sessions_path do %>
<div class="field"></div>
    <%= label_tag :email %>
    <%= text_field_tag :email, params[:email] %>
</div>
<div class="field"></div>
    <%= label_tag :password %>
    <%= text_field_tag :password %>
</div>
<div class="actions"><%= submit_tag "Log in"%></div>
<% end %>

Answer 1

You do not have a sessions_path defined – use rake routes to verify. To use the sessions_path method, you will need to have resources :sessions in your routes specification.

Pertaining to your SessionsController, your routes file should look like…

resources :sessions, :only => [:create]
get 'register' => 'users#new', :as => 'register'
get 'login' => 'sessions#new', :as => 'login'
get 'logout' => 'sessions#destroy', :as => 'logout' 

resources :users, :path => '/'

root :to => 'users#index' 
match '/:id' => 'users#show'