restructure backend of closet hanger quantity updates

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -10,5 +10,13 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   def can_use_image_mode?
     user_signed_in? && current_user.image_mode_tester?
   end
+
+  class AccessDenied < StandardError;end
+
+  rescue_from AccessDenied, :with => :on_access_denied
+
+  def on_access_denied
+    render :file => 'public/403.html', :layout => false, :status => :forbidden
+  end
 end
 

app/controllers/closet_hangers_controller.rb

@@ -1,50 +1,45 @@
 class ClosetHangersController < ApplicationController
-  before_filter :find_item, :only => [:create, :update]
+  before_filter :authorize_user!, :only => [:set_quantity]
-
-  def create
-    @closet_hanger = new_hanger
-    save_hanger!
-  end
-
-  def update
-    begin
-      @closet_hanger = @item.closet_hangers.find(params[:id])
-      @closet_hanger.attributes = params[:closet_hanger]
-    rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
-      # Since updating a hanger is really just changing an item quantity, if
-      # for some reason this hanger doesn't exist (like if user left a tab
-      # open), we can still create a new hanger and do the job the user wants
-      @closet_hanger = new_hanger
-    end
-    save_hanger!
-  end
 
   def index
     @user = User.find params[:user_id]
     @closet_hangers = @user.closet_hangers.alphabetical_by_item_name.includes(:item)
   end
 
-  protected
+  # Since the user does not care about the idea of a hanger, but rather the
-
+  # quantity of an item they own, the user would expect a create form to work
-  def find_item
+  # even after the record already exists, and an update form to work even after
+  # the record is deleted. So, create and update are aliased, and both find
+  # the record if it exists or create a new one if it does not.
+  #
+  # This is kinda a violation of REST. It's not worth breaking user
+  # expectations, though, and I can't really think of a genuinely RESTful way
+  # to pull this off.
+  def update
     @item = Item.find params[:item_id]
-  end
+    @closet_hanger = current_user.closet_hangers.find_or_initialize_by_item_id(@item.id)
+    @closet_hanger.attributes = params[:closet_hanger]
 
-  def new_hanger
+    unless @closet_hanger.quantity == 0 # save the hanger, new record or not
-    current_user.closet_hangers.find_or_initialize_by_item_id(@item.id, params[:closet_hanger])
+      if @closet_hanger.save
-  end
+        flash[:success] = "Success! You own #{@closet_hanger.quantity} #{@item.name.pluralize}."
-
+      else
-  def save_hanger!
+        flash[:alert] = "We couldn't save how many of this item you own: #{@closet_hanger.errors.full_messages.to_sentence}"
-    if @closet_hanger.quantity == 0
+      end
+    else # delete the hanger since the user doesn't want it
       @closet_hanger.destroy
       flash[:success] = "Success! You do not own #{@item.name}."
-    elsif @closet_hanger.save
-      flash[:success] = "Success! You own #{@closet_hanger.quantity} #{@item.name.pluralize}."
-    else
-      flash[:alert] = "We couldn't save how many of this item you own: #{@closet_hanger.errors.full_messages.to_sentence}"
     end
 
     redirect_to @item
   end
+
+  alias_method :create, :update
+
+  protected
+
+  def authorize_user!
+    raise AccessDenied unless user_signed_in? && current_user.id == params[:user_id].to_i
+  end
 end
 

app/views/items/show.html.haml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       = link_to 'NeoItems', neoitems_url_for(@item), :class => 'button'
 
   - if @hanger
-    = form_for([@item, @hanger], :html => {:id => 'closet-hanger-form'}) do |f|
+    = form_for(@hanger, :url => user_item_closet_hanger_path(current_user, @item), :html => {:id => 'closet-hanger-form'}) do |f|
       = f.label :quantity, "How many of these do you own?"
       = f.number_field :quantity, :min => 0, :required => true
       = f.submit "Save"

config/routes.rb

@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ OpenneoImpressItems::Application.routes.draw do |map|
     collection do
       get :needed
     end
-
-    resources :closet_hangers, :only => [:create, :update]
   end
   resources :outfits, :only => [:show, :create, :update, :destroy]
   resources :pet_attributes, :only => [:index]
@@ -40,6 +38,10 @@ OpenneoImpressItems::Application.routes.draw do |map|
   resources :user, :only => [] do
     resources :contributions, :only => [:index]
     resources :closet_hangers, :only => [:index], :path => 'closet'
+
+    resources :items, :only => [] do
+      resource :closet_hanger, :only => [:create, :update]
+    end
   end
 
   match 'users/top-contributors' => 'users#top_contributors', :as => :top_contributors

public/403.html

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <title>You do not have permission to access this page (403)</title>
+  <style type="text/css">
+    body { background-color: #fff; color: #666; text-align: center; font-family: arial, sans-serif; }
+    div.dialog {
+      width: 25em;
+      padding: 0 4em;
+      margin: 4em auto 0 auto;
+      border: 1px solid #ccc;
+      border-right-color: #999;
+      border-bottom-color: #999;
+    }
+    h1 { font-size: 100%; color: #f00; line-height: 1.5em; }
+  </style>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <!-- This file lives in public/403.html -->
+  <div class="dialog">
+    <h1>You do not have permission to access this page.</h1>
+    <p>This resource might belong to another user, or your session may have expired.</p>
+    <p><a href="/login">Try logging in again.</a></p>
+  </div>
+</body>
+</html>
+