Class: ActionController::Parameters

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Includes:
ActiveSupport::DeepMergeable
Defined in:
actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb

Overview

# Action Controller Parameters

Allows you to choose which attributes should be permitted for mass updating and thus prevent accidentally exposing that which shouldn’t be exposed.

Provides methods for filtering and requiring params:

  • expect to safely permit and require parameters in one step.

  • permit to filter params for mass assignment.

  • require to require a parameter or raise an error.

Examples:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  person: {
    name: "Francesco",
    age:  22,
    role: "admin"
  }
})

permitted = params.expect(person: [:name, :age])
permitted # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"name"=>"Francesco", "age"=>22} permitted: true>

Person.first.update!(permitted)
# => #<Person id: 1, name: "Francesco", age: 22, role: "user">

Parameters provides two options that control the top-level behavior of new instances:

  • permit_all_parameters - If it’s true, all the parameters will be permitted by default. The default is false.

  • action_on_unpermitted_parameters - Controls behavior when parameters that are not explicitly permitted are found. The default value is :log in test and development environments, false otherwise. The values can be:

    • false to take no action.

    • :log to emit an ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument event on the unpermitted_parameters.action_controller topic and log at the DEBUG level.

    • :raise to raise an ActionController::UnpermittedParameters exception.

Examples:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new
params.permitted? # => false

ActionController::Parameters.permit_all_parameters = true

params = ActionController::Parameters.new
params.permitted? # => true

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: "123", b: "456")
params.permit(:c)
# => #<ActionController::Parameters {} permitted: true>

ActionController::Parameters.action_on_unpermitted_parameters = :raise

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: "123", b: "456")
params.permit(:c)
# => ActionController::UnpermittedParameters: found unpermitted keys: a, b

Please note that these options *are not thread-safe*. In a multi-threaded environment they should only be set once at boot-time and never mutated at runtime.

You can fetch values of ActionController::Parameters using either :key or ‘“key”`.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(key: "value")
params[:key]  # => "value"
params["key"] # => "value"

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods included from ActiveSupport::DeepMergeable

#deep_merge, #deep_merge!

Constructor Details

#initialize(parameters = {}, logging_context = {}) ⇒ Parameters

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance. Also, sets the permitted attribute to the default value of ActionController::Parameters.permit_all_parameters.

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
end

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: "Francesco")
params.permitted?  # => false
Person.new(params) # => ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError

ActionController::Parameters.permit_all_parameters = true

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: "Francesco")
params.permitted?  # => true
Person.new(params) # => #<Person id: nil, name: "Francesco">



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 287

def initialize(parameters = {}, logging_context = {})
  parameters.each_key do |key|
    unless key.is_a?(String) || key.is_a?(Symbol)
      raise InvalidParameterKey, "all keys must be Strings or Symbols, got: #{key.class}"
    end
  end

  @parameters = parameters.with_indifferent_access
  @logging_context = logging_context
  @permitted = self.class.permit_all_parameters
end

Class Method Details

.hook_into_yaml_loading ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1063

def self.hook_into_yaml_loading # :nodoc:
  # Wire up YAML format compatibility with Rails 4.2 and Psych 2.0.8 and 2.0.9+.
  # Makes the YAML parser call `init_with` when it encounters the keys below
  # instead of trying its own parsing routines.
  YAML.load_tags["!ruby/hash-with-ivars:ActionController::Parameters"] = name
  YAML.load_tags["!ruby/hash:ActionController::Parameters"] = name
end

.nested_attribute?(key, value) ⇒ Boolean

:nodoc:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 266

def nested_attribute?(key, value) # :nodoc:
  /\A-?\d+\z/.match?(key) && (value.is_a?(Hash) || value.is_a?(Parameters))
end

Instance Method Details

#==(other) ⇒ Object

Returns true if another Parameters object contains the same content and permitted flag.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 301

def ==(other)
  if other.respond_to?(:permitted?)
    permitted? == other.permitted? && parameters == other.parameters
  else
    super
  end
end

#[](key) ⇒ Object

Returns a parameter for the given key. If not found, returns nil.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: "Francesco" })
params[:person] # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"name"=>"Francesco"} permitted: false>
params[:none]   # => nil



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 801

def [](key)
  convert_hashes_to_parameters(key, @parameters[key])
end

#[]=(key, value) ⇒ Object

Assigns a value to a given key. The given key may still get filtered out when #permit is called.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 807

def []=(key, value)
  @parameters[key] = value
end

#compact ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with nil values removed.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 978

def compact
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(@parameters.compact)
end

#compact! ⇒ Object

Removes all nil values in place and returns self, or nil if no changes were made.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 984

def compact!
  self if @parameters.compact!
end

#compact_blank ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance without the blank values. Uses Object#blank? for determining if a value is blank.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 990

def compact_blank
  reject { |_k, v| v.blank? }
end

#compact_blank! ⇒ Object

Removes all blank values in place and returns self. Uses Object#blank? for determining if a value is blank.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 996

def compact_blank!
  reject! { |_k, v| v.blank? }
end

#converted_arrays ⇒ Object

Attribute that keeps track of converted arrays, if any, to avoid double looping in the common use case permit + mass-assignment. Defined in a method to instantiate it only if needed.

Testing membership still loops, but it’s going to be faster than our own loop that converts values. Also, we are not going to build a new array object per fetch.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 439

def converted_arrays
  @converted_arrays ||= Set.new
end

#deconstruct_keys(keys) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 319

def deconstruct_keys(keys)
  slice(*keys).each.with_object({}) { |(key, value), hash| hash.merge!(key.to_sym => value) }
end

#deep_dup ⇒ Object

Returns a duplicate ActionController::Parameters instance with the same permitted parameters.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1096

def deep_dup
  self.class.new(@parameters.deep_dup, @logging_context).tap do |duplicate|
    duplicate.permitted = @permitted
  end
end

#deep_merge?(other_hash) ⇒ Boolean

:nodoc:

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1031

def deep_merge?(other_hash) # :nodoc:
  other_hash.is_a?(ActiveSupport::DeepMergeable)
end

#deep_transform_keys(&block) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with the results of running block once for every key. This includes the keys from the root hash and from all nested hashes and arrays. The values are unchanged.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 928

def deep_transform_keys(&block)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(
    _deep_transform_keys_in_object(@parameters, &block).to_unsafe_h
  )
end

#deep_transform_keys!(&block) ⇒ Object

Returns the same ActionController::Parameters instance with changed keys. This includes the keys from the root hash and from all nested hashes and arrays. The values are unchanged.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 937

def deep_transform_keys!(&block)
  @parameters = _deep_transform_keys_in_object(@parameters, &block).to_unsafe_h
  self
end

#delete(key, &block) ⇒ Object

Deletes a key-value pair from Parameters and returns the value. If key is not found, returns nil (or, with optional code block, yields key and returns the result). This method is similar to #extract!, which returns the corresponding ActionController::Parameters object.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 946

def delete(key, &block)
  convert_value_to_parameters(@parameters.delete(key, &block))
end

#dig(*keys) ⇒ Object

Extracts the nested parameter from the given keys by calling dig at each step. Returns nil if any intermediate step is nil.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(foo: { bar: { baz: 1 } })
params.dig(:foo, :bar, :baz) # => 1
params.dig(:foo, :zot, :xyz) # => nil

params2 = ActionController::Parameters.new(foo: [10, 11, 12])
params2.dig(:foo, 1) # => 11



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 845

def dig(*keys)
  convert_hashes_to_parameters(keys.first, @parameters[keys.first])
  @parameters.dig(*keys)
end

#each_pair(&block) ⇒ Object Also known as: each

Convert all hashes in values into parameters, then yield each pair in the same way as ‘Hash#each_pair`.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 406

def each_pair(&block)
  return to_enum(__callee__) unless block_given?
  @parameters.each_pair do |key, value|
    yield [key, convert_hashes_to_parameters(key, value)]
  end

  self
end

#each_value(&block) ⇒ Object

Convert all hashes in values into parameters, then yield each value in the same way as ‘Hash#each_value`.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 418

def each_value(&block)
  return to_enum(:each_value) unless block_given?
  @parameters.each_pair do |key, value|
    yield convert_hashes_to_parameters(key, value)
  end

  self
end

#encode_with(coder) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1090

def encode_with(coder) # :nodoc:
  coder.map = { "parameters" => @parameters, "permitted" => @permitted }
end

#eql?(other) ⇒ Boolean

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 309

def eql?(other)
  self.class == other.class &&
    permitted? == other.permitted? &&
    parameters.eql?(other.parameters)
end

#except(*keys) ⇒ Object Also known as: without

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance that filters out the given keys.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: 1, b: 2, c: 3)
params.except(:a, :b) # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"c"=>3} permitted: false>
params.except(:d)     # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"a"=>1, "b"=>2, "c"=>3} permitted: false>



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 873

def except(*keys)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(@parameters.except(*keys))
end

#expect(*filters) ⇒ Object

expect is the preferred way to require and permit parameters. It is safer than the previous recommendation to call permit and require in sequence, which could allow user triggered 500 errors.

expect is more strict with types to avoid a number of potential pitfalls that may be encountered with the .require.permit pattern.

For example:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(comment: { text: "hello" })
params.expect(comment: [:text])
# => #<ActionController::Parameters { text: "hello" } permitted: true>

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(comment: [{ text: "hello" }, { text: "world" }])
params.expect(comment: [:text])
# => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: comment

In order to permit an array of parameters, the array must be defined explicitly. Use double array brackets, an array inside an array, to declare that an array of parameters is expected.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(comments: [{ text: "hello" }, { text: "world" }])
params.expect(comments: [[:text]])
# => [#<ActionController::Parameters { "text" => "hello" } permitted: true>,
#     #<ActionController::Parameters { "text" => "world" } permitted: true>]

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(comments: { text: "hello" })
params.expect(comments: [[:text]])
# => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: comments

expect is intended to protect against array tampering.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(user: "hack")
# The previous way of requiring and permitting parameters will error
params.require(:user).permit(:name, pets: [:name]) # wrong
# => NoMethodError: undefined method `permit' for an instance of String

# similarly with nested parameters
params = ActionController::Parameters.new(user: { name: "Martin", pets: { name: "hack" } })
user_params = params.require(:user).permit(:name, pets: [:name]) # wrong
# user_params[:pets] is expected to be an array but is a hash

expect solves this by being more strict with types.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(user: "hack")
params.expect(user: [ :name, pets: [[:name]] ])
# => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: user

# with nested parameters
params = ActionController::Parameters.new(user: { name: "Martin", pets: { name: "hack" } })
user_params = params.expect(user: [:name, pets: [[:name]] ])
user_params[:pets] # => nil

As the examples show, expect requires the :user key, and any root keys similar to the .require.permit pattern. If multiple root keys are expected, they will all be required.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: "Martin", pies: [{ type: "dessert", flavor: "pumpkin"}])
name, pies = params.expect(:name, pies: [[:type, :flavor]])
name # => "Martin"
pies # => [#<ActionController::Parameters {"type"=>"dessert", "flavor"=>"pumpkin"} permitted: true>]

When called with a hash with multiple keys, expect will permit the parameters and require the keys in the order they are given in the hash, returning an array of the permitted parameters.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(subject: { name: "Martin" }, object: { pie: "pumpkin" })
subject, object = params.expect(subject: [:name], object: [:pie])
subject # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"name"=>"Martin"} permitted: true>
object  # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"pie"=>"pumpkin"} permitted: true>

Besides being more strict about array vs hash params, expect uses permit internally, so it will behave similarly.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  person: {
    name: "Francesco",
    age:  22,
    pets: [{
      name: "Purplish",
      category: "dogs"
    }]
  }
})

permitted = params.expect(person: [ :name, { pets: [[:name]] } ])
permitted.permitted?           # => true
permitted[:name]               # => "Francesco"
permitted[:age]                # => nil
permitted[:pets][0][:name]     # => "Purplish"
permitted[:pets][0][:category] # => nil

An array of permitted scalars may be expected with the following:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(tags: ["rails", "parameters"])
permitted = params.expect(tags: [])
permitted                 # => ["rails", "parameters"]
permitted.is_a?(Array)    # => true
permitted.size            # => 2



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 776

def expect(*filters)
  params = permit_filters(filters)
  keys = filters.flatten.flat_map { |f| f.is_a?(Hash) ? f.keys : f }
  values = params.require(keys)
  values.size == 1 ? values.first : values
end

#expect!(*filters) ⇒ Object

Same as expect, but raises an ActionController::ExpectedParameterMissing instead of ActionController::ParameterMissing. Unlike expect which will render a 400 response, expect! will raise an exception that is not handled. This is intended for debugging invalid params for an internal API where incorrectly formatted params would indicate a bug in a client library that should be fixed.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 790

def expect!(*filters)
  expect(*filters)
rescue ParameterMissing => e
  raise ExpectedParameterMissing.new(e.param, e.keys)
end

#extract!(*keys) ⇒ Object

Removes and returns the key/value pairs matching the given keys.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: 1, b: 2, c: 3)
params.extract!(:a, :b) # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"a"=>1, "b"=>2} permitted: false>
params                  # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"c"=>3} permitted: false>



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 883

def extract!(*keys)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(@parameters.extract!(*keys))
end

#extract_value(key, delimiter: "_") ⇒ Object

Returns parameter value for the given key separated by delimiter.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(id: "1_123", tags: "ruby,rails")
params.extract_value(:id) # => ["1", "123"]
params.extract_value(:tags, delimiter: ",") # => ["ruby", "rails"]
params.extract_value(:non_existent_key) # => nil

Note that if the given key‘s value contains blank elements, then the returned array will include empty strings.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(tags: "ruby,rails,,web")
params.extract_value(:tags, delimiter: ",") # => ["ruby", "rails", "", "web"]



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1114

def extract_value(key, delimiter: "_")
  @parameters[key]&.split(delimiter, -1)
end

#fetch(key, *args, &block) ⇒ Object

Returns a parameter for the given key. If the key can’t be found, there are several options: With no other arguments, it will raise an ActionController::ParameterMissing error; if a second argument is given, then that is returned (converted to an instance of ActionController::Parameters if possible); if a block is given, the key is yielded to the block and its result returned.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: "Francesco" })
params.fetch(:person)               # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"name"=>"Francesco"} permitted: false>
params.fetch(:none)                 # => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: none
params.fetch(:none, {})             # => #<ActionController::Parameters {} permitted: false>
params.fetch(:none, "Francesco")    # => "Francesco"
params.fetch(:none) { |key| "Francesco" } # => "Francesco"



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 824

def fetch(key, *args, &block)
  convert_value_to_parameters(
    @parameters.fetch(key) {
      if block_given?
        yield key
      else
        args.fetch(0) { raise ActionController::ParameterMissing.new(key, @parameters.keys) }
      end
    }
  )
end

#has_value?(value) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: value?

Returns true if the given value is present for some key in the parameters.

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1001

def has_value?(value)
  each_value.include?(convert_value_to_parameters(value))
end

#hash ⇒ Object 



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 315

def hash
  [self.class, @parameters, @permitted].hash
end

#init_with(coder) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1072

def init_with(coder) # :nodoc:
  case coder.tag
  when "!ruby/hash:ActionController::Parameters"
    # YAML 2.0.8's format where hash instance variables weren't stored.
    @parameters = coder.map.with_indifferent_access
    @permitted  = false
  when "!ruby/hash-with-ivars:ActionController::Parameters"
    # YAML 2.0.9's Hash subclass format where keys and values were stored under an
    # elements hash and `permitted` within an ivars hash.
    @parameters = coder.map["elements"].with_indifferent_access
    @permitted  = coder.map["ivars"][:@permitted]
  when "!ruby/object:ActionController::Parameters"
    # YAML's Object format. Only needed because of the format backwards
    # compatibility above, otherwise equivalent to YAML's initialization.
    @parameters, @permitted = coder.map["parameters"], coder.map["permitted"]
  end
end

#inspect ⇒ Object 



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1059

def inspect
  "#<#{self.class} #{@parameters} permitted: #{@permitted}>"
end

#keys ⇒ Object

:method: to_s

:call-seq:

to_s()

Returns the content of the parameters as a string.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 250

delegate :keys, :empty?, :exclude?, :include?,
:as_json, :to_s, :each_key, to: :@parameters

#merge(other_hash, &block) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with all keys from other_hash merged into current hash.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1015

def merge(other_hash, &block)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(
    @parameters.merge(other_hash.to_h, &block)
  )
end

#merge!(other_hash, &block) ⇒ Object

:call-seq: merge!(other_hash)

Returns the current ActionController::Parameters instance with other_hash merged into current hash.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1026

def merge!(other_hash, &block)
  @parameters.merge!(other_hash.to_h, &block)
  self
end

#permit(*filters) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance that includes only the given filters and sets the permitted attribute for the object to true. This is useful for limiting which attributes should be allowed for mass updating.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: "Francesco", age: 22, role: "admin")
permitted = params.permit(:name, :age)
permitted.permitted?      # => true
permitted.has_key?(:name) # => true
permitted.has_key?(:age)  # => true
permitted.has_key?(:role) # => false

Only permitted scalars pass the filter. For example, given

params.permit(:name)

:name passes if it is a key of params whose associated value is of type String, Symbol, NilClass, Numeric, TrueClass, FalseClass, Date, Time, DateTime, StringIO, IO, ActionDispatch::Http::UploadedFile or Rack::Test::UploadedFile. Otherwise, the key :name is filtered out.

You may declare that the parameter should be an array of permitted scalars by mapping it to an empty array:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(tags: ["rails", "parameters"])
params.permit(tags: [])

Sometimes it is not possible or convenient to declare the valid keys of a hash parameter or its internal structure. Just map to an empty hash:

params.permit(preferences: {})

Be careful because this opens the door to arbitrary input. In this case, permit ensures values in the returned structure are permitted scalars and filters out anything else.

You can also use permit on nested parameters:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  person: {
    name: "Francesco",
    age:  22,
    pets: [{
      name: "Purplish",
      category: "dogs"
    }]
  }
})

permitted = params.permit(person: [ :name, { pets: :name } ])
permitted.permitted?                    # => true
permitted[:person][:name]               # => "Francesco"
permitted[:person][:age]                # => nil
permitted[:person][:pets][0][:name]     # => "Purplish"
permitted[:person][:pets][0][:category] # => nil

This has the added benefit of rejecting user-modified inputs that send a string when a hash is expected.

When followed by require, you can both filter and require parameters following the typical pattern of a Rails form. The expect method was made specifically for this use case and is the recommended way to require and permit parameters.

permitted = params.expect(person: [:name, :age])

When using permit and require separately, pay careful attention to the order of the method calls.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: "Martin", age: 40, role: "admin" })
permitted = params.permit(person: [:name, :age]).require(:person) # correct

When require is used first, it is possible for users of your application to trigger a NoMethodError when the user, for example, sends a string for :person.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(person: "tampered")
permitted = params.require(:person).permit(:name, :age) # not recommended
# => NoMethodError: undefined method `permit' for an instance of String

Note that if you use permit in a key that points to a hash, it won’t allow all the hash. You also need to specify which attributes inside the hash should be permitted.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  person: {
    contact: {
      email: "[email protected]",
      phone: "555-1234"
    }
  }
})

params.permit(person: :contact).require(:person)
# => ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: person

params.permit(person: { contact: :phone }).require(:person)
# => #<ActionController::Parameters {"contact"=>#<ActionController::Parameters {"phone"=>"555-1234"} permitted: true>} permitted: true>

params.permit(person: { contact: [ :email, :phone ] }).require(:person)
# => #<ActionController::Parameters {"contact"=>#<ActionController::Parameters {"email"=>"[email protected]", "phone"=>"555-1234"} permitted: true>} permitted: true>

If your parameters specify multiple parameters indexed by a number, you can permit each set of parameters under the numeric key to be the same using the same syntax as permitting a single item.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  person: {
    '0': {
      email: "[email protected]",
      phone: "555-1234"
    },
    '1': {
      email: "[email protected]",
      phone: "555-6789"
    },
  }
})
params.permit(person: [:email]).to_h
# => {"person"=>{"0"=>{"email"=>"[email protected]"}, "1"=>{"email"=>"[email protected]"}}}

If you want to specify what keys you want from each numeric key, you can instead specify each one individually

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  person: {
    '0': {
      email: "[email protected]",
      phone: "555-1234"
    },
    '1': {
      email: "[email protected]",
      phone: "555-6789"
    },
  }
})
params.permit(person: { '0': [:email], '1': [:phone]}).to_h
# => {"person"=>{"0"=>{"email"=>"[email protected]"}, "1"=>{"phone"=>"555-6789"}}}



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 672

def permit(*filters)
  permit_filters(filters, on_unpermitted: self.class.action_on_unpermitted_parameters, explicit_arrays: false)
end

#permit! ⇒ Object

Sets the permitted attribute to true. This can be used to pass mass assignment. Returns self.

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
end

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(name: "Francesco")
params.permitted?  # => false
Person.new(params) # => ActiveModel::ForbiddenAttributesError
params.permit!
params.permitted?  # => true
Person.new(params) # => #<Person id: nil, name: "Francesco">



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 465

def permit!
  each_pair do |key, value|
    Array.wrap(value).flatten.each do |v|
      v.permit! if v.respond_to? :permit!
    end
  end

  @permitted = true
  self
end

#permitted? ⇒ Boolean

Returns true if the parameter is permitted, false otherwise.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new
params.permitted? # => false
params.permit!
params.permitted? # => true

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 449

def permitted?
  @permitted
end

#reject(&block) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with items that the block evaluates to true removed.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 965

def reject(&block)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(@parameters.reject(&block))
end

#reject!(&block) ⇒ Object Also known as: delete_if

Removes items that the block evaluates to true and returns self.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 970

def reject!(&block)
  @parameters.reject!(&block)
  self
end

#require(key) ⇒ Object Also known as: required

This method accepts both a single key and an array of keys.

When passed a single key, if it exists and its associated value is either present or the singleton false, returns said value:

ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: "Francesco" }).require(:person)
# => #<ActionController::Parameters {"name"=>"Francesco"} permitted: false>

Otherwise raises ActionController::ParameterMissing:

ActionController::Parameters.new.require(:person)
# ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: person

ActionController::Parameters.new(person: nil).require(:person)
# ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: person

ActionController::Parameters.new(person: "\t").require(:person)
# ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: person

ActionController::Parameters.new(person: {}).require(:person)
# ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: person

When given an array of keys, the method tries to require each one of them in order. If it succeeds, an array with the respective return values is returned:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(user: { ... }, profile: { ... })
user_params, profile_params = params.require([:user, :profile])

Otherwise, the method re-raises the first exception found:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(user: {}, profile: {})
user_params, profile_params = params.require([:user, :profile])
# ActionController::ParameterMissing: param is missing or the value is empty or invalid: user

This method is not recommended for fetching terminal values because it does not permit the values. For example, this can cause problems:

# CAREFUL
params = ActionController::Parameters.new(person: { name: "Finn" })
name = params.require(:person).require(:name) # CAREFUL

It is recommended to use expect instead:

def person_params
  params.expect(person: :name).require(:name)
end



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 523

def require(key)
  return key.map { |k| require(k) } if key.is_a?(Array)
  value = self[key]
  if value.present? || value == false
    value
  else
    raise ParameterMissing.new(key, @parameters.keys)
  end
end

#reverse_merge(other_hash) ⇒ Object Also known as: with_defaults

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with all keys from current hash merged into other_hash.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1037

def reverse_merge(other_hash)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(
    other_hash.to_h.merge(@parameters)
  )
end

#reverse_merge!(other_hash) ⇒ Object Also known as: with_defaults!

Returns the current ActionController::Parameters instance with current hash merged into other_hash.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1046

def reverse_merge!(other_hash)
  @parameters.merge!(other_hash.to_h) { |key, left, right| left }
  self
end

#select(&block) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with only items that the block evaluates to true.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 952

def select(&block)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(@parameters.select(&block))
end

#select!(&block) ⇒ Object Also known as: keep_if

Equivalent to Hash#keep_if, but returns nil if no changes were made.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 957

def select!(&block)
  @parameters.select!(&block)
  self
end

#slice(*keys) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance that includes only the given keys. If the given keys don’t exist, returns an empty hash.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: 1, b: 2, c: 3)
params.slice(:a, :b) # => #<ActionController::Parameters {"a"=>1, "b"=>2} permitted: false>
params.slice(:d)     # => #<ActionController::Parameters {} permitted: false>



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 856

def slice(*keys)
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(@parameters.slice(*keys))
end

#slice!(*keys) ⇒ Object

Returns the current ActionController::Parameters instance which contains only the given keys.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 862

def slice!(*keys)
  @parameters.slice!(*keys)
  self
end

#stringify_keys ⇒ Object

This is required by ActiveModel attribute assignment, so that user can pass Parameters to a mass assignment methods in a model. It should not matter as we are using HashWithIndifferentAccess internally.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1055

def stringify_keys # :nodoc:
  dup
end

#to_h(&block) ⇒ Object

Returns a safe ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess representation of the parameters with all unpermitted keys removed.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  name: "Senjougahara Hitagi",
  oddity: "Heavy stone crab"
})
params.to_h
# => ActionController::UnfilteredParameters: unable to convert unpermitted parameters to hash

safe_params = params.permit(:name)
safe_params.to_h # => {"name"=>"Senjougahara Hitagi"}



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 335

def to_h(&block)
  if permitted?
    convert_parameters_to_hashes(@parameters, :to_h, &block)
  else
    raise UnfilteredParameters
  end
end

#to_hash ⇒ Object

Returns a safe Hash representation of the parameters with all unpermitted keys removed.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  name: "Senjougahara Hitagi",
  oddity: "Heavy stone crab"
})
params.to_hash
# => ActionController::UnfilteredParameters: unable to convert unpermitted parameters to hash

safe_params = params.permit(:name)
safe_params.to_hash # => {"name"=>"Senjougahara Hitagi"}



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 355

def to_hash
  to_h.to_hash
end

#to_query(*args) ⇒ Object Also known as: to_param

Returns a string representation of the receiver suitable for use as a URL query string:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  name: "David",
  nationality: "Danish"
})
params.to_query
# => ActionController::UnfilteredParameters: unable to convert unpermitted parameters to hash

safe_params = params.permit(:name, :nationality)
safe_params.to_query
# => "name=David&nationality=Danish"

An optional namespace can be passed to enclose key names:

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  name: "David",
  nationality: "Danish"
})
safe_params = params.permit(:name, :nationality)
safe_params.to_query("user")
# => "user%5Bname%5D=David&user%5Bnationality%5D=Danish"

The string pairs ‘“key=value”` that conform the query string are sorted lexicographically in ascending order.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 385

def to_query(*args)
  to_h.to_query(*args)
end

#to_unsafe_h ⇒ Object Also known as: to_unsafe_hash

Returns an unsafe, unfiltered ActiveSupport::HashWithIndifferentAccess representation of the parameters.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new({
  name: "Senjougahara Hitagi",
  oddity: "Heavy stone crab"
})
params.to_unsafe_h
# => {"name"=>"Senjougahara Hitagi", "oddity" => "Heavy stone crab"}



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 399

def to_unsafe_h
  convert_parameters_to_hashes(@parameters, :to_unsafe_h)
end

#transform_keys(&block) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with the results of running block once for every key. The values are unchanged.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 910

def transform_keys(&block)
  return to_enum(:transform_keys) unless block_given?
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(
    @parameters.transform_keys(&block)
  )
end

#transform_keys!(&block) ⇒ Object

Performs keys transformation and returns the altered ActionController::Parameters instance.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 919

def transform_keys!(&block)
  return to_enum(:transform_keys!) unless block_given?
  @parameters.transform_keys!(&block)
  self
end

#transform_values(&block) ⇒ Object

Returns a new ActionController::Parameters instance with the results of running block once for every value. The keys are unchanged.

params = ActionController::Parameters.new(a: 1, b: 2, c: 3)
params.transform_values { |x| x * 2 }
# => #<ActionController::Parameters {"a"=>2, "b"=>4, "c"=>6} permitted: false>



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 893

def transform_values(&block)
  return to_enum(:transform_values) unless block_given?
  new_instance_with_inherited_permitted_status(
    @parameters.transform_values { |v| yield convert_value_to_parameters(v) }
  )
end

#transform_values!(&block) ⇒ Object

Performs values transformation and returns the altered ActionController::Parameters instance.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 902

def transform_values!(&block)
  return to_enum(:transform_values!) unless block_given?
  @parameters.transform_values! { |v| yield convert_value_to_parameters(v) }
  self
end

#values ⇒ Object

Returns a new array of the values of the parameters.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 428

def values
  to_enum(:each_value).to_a
end

#values_at(*keys) ⇒ Object

Returns values that were assigned to the given keys. Note that all the Hash objects will be converted to ActionController::Parameters.



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# File 'actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/strong_parameters.rb', line 1009

def values_at(*keys)
  convert_value_to_parameters(@parameters.values_at(*keys))
end