Devise authentication for Rails' ActiveStorage

blob_authenticatable.rb

# Rails controller concern to enable Devise authentication for ActiveStorage.
# Put it in +app/controllers/concerns/blob_authenticatable.rb+ and include it when overriding
# +ActiveStorage::BlobsController+ and +ActiveStorage::RepresentationsController+.
# 
# Optional configuration:
# 
# Set the model that includes devise's database_authenticatable.
# Defaults to Devise.default_scope which defaults to the first
# devise role declared in your routes (usually :user)
#
#   blob_authenticatable resource: :admin
#   
# To specify how to determine if the current_user is allowed to access the 
# blob, override the can_access_blob? method
#   
# Minimal example:
# 
#   class ActiveStorage::BlobsController < ActiveStorage::BaseController
#     include ActiveStorage::SetBlob
#     include AdminOrUserAuthenticatable
#     
#     def show
#       expires_in ActiveStorage::Blob.service.url_expires_in
#       redirect_to @blob.service_url(disposition: params[:disposition])
#     end
#   end
# 
# Complete example:
# 
#   class ActiveStorage::RepresentationsController < ActiveStorage::BaseController
#     include ActiveStorage::SetBlob
#     include AdminOrUserAuthenticatable
# 
#     blob_authenticatable resource: :admin
#
#     def show
#       expires_in ActiveStorage::Blob.service.url_expires_in
#       redirect_to @blob.representation(params[:variation_key]).processed.service_url(disposition: params[:disposition])
#     end
#     
#     private
#
#       def can_access_blob?(current_user)
#         @blob.attachments.map(&:record).all? { |record| record.user == current_user }
#       end
#   end

module BlobAuthenticatable
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  included do
    around_action :wrap_in_authentication
  end
  
  module ClassMethods
    def auth_resource
      @auth_resource || Devise.default_scope
    end

    private

      def blob_authenticatable(resource:)
        @auth_resource = resource
      end
  end

  private

    def wrap_in_authentication
      is_signed_in_and_authorized = send("#{self.class.auth_resource}_signed_in?") \
        & can_access_blob?(send("current_#{self.class.auth_resource}"))

      if is_signed_in_and_authorized
        yield
      else
        head :unauthorized
      end
    end

    def can_access_blob?(_user)
      true
    end
end

should we change & => && in line 71?

If I create my own class ActiveStorage::BlobsController in my app/controllers folder, do I need to define a custom route to point to that controller?

If I create my own class ActiveStorage::BlobsController in my app/controllers folder, do I need to define a custom route to point to that controller?

I don't think so. it is override build-in controller so already have router to point this controller

Hi, when using Rails 6.1 ActiveStorage::BlobsController becomes ActiveStorage::Blobs::RedirectController and ActiveStorage::RepresentationsController becomes ActiveStorage::Representations::RedirectController

@thiagomainho awesome! I was already looking for the file when I found this entry. Thanks!

Thank you for this. I think people underestimate how important it can be to protect file downloads. I went ahead and redirected my users to new_session_path(:user) rather than giving them a 401. Works well on Rails 6, but I wonder if this functionality shouldn't be included somewhere so we don't have to clutter up app/controllers.