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Add input token page to the sign in flow (#159)
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Since building Passwordless I've changed my opinion slightly on what the best Passwordless sign in flow is.

Most of the time, I find it preferable to, instead of clicking a magic link, copy-paste a token directly. I prefer it because:

It lets me stay in the current browser tab
It's easier if I'm on a computer but I check my email on my phone
More than that, having it this way doesn't require removing the old way.

So that's where Passwordless is going.
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mikker committed Sep 7, 2023
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45 changes: 30 additions & 15 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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### Breaking changes

This major release of Passwordless changes a lot of things and it is almost guaranteed that you will need to change your code to upgrade to this version.

**Note** that there is no _need_ to upgrade. The previous versions of Passwordless will continue to work for the foreseeable future.

The flow is now:

1. User enters email
1. User is presented with a token input page
1. User enters token OR clicks link in email
1. User is signed in

#### 1. Upgrade your database

If you're already running Passwordless, you'll need to update your database schema.
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end
```

#### 2. Encrypted tokens
#### 2. Move configuration to `Passwordless.config`

Tokens are now encrypted in the database.
Passwordless is now configured like this. In `config/initializers/passwordless.rb`:

#### 3. Un-isolated namespace
```ruby
Passwordless.configure do |config|
config.default_from_address = "[email protected]"
end
```

Passwordless no longer [_isolates namespace_](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/engines.html#routes).
#### 3. Update your views (if you have customized them)

1. Update all your links with eg. `users.sign_in_path` to `users_sign_in_path`
1. Remove all links with `main_app.whatever_path` to just `whatever_path`
The existing views have changed and a new one has been added. Regenerate them using `rails generate passwordless:views`.

#### 4. Remove deprecated methods and helpers
#### 4. Un-isolated namespace

Removes `authenticate_by_cookie` and `upgrade_passwordless_cookie` from controller helpers.
Passwordless no longer [_isolates namespace_](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/engines.html#routes).

1. Change all your links with eg. `users.sign_in_path` to `users_sign_in_path`
1. Change all links with `main_app.whatever_path` to just `whatever_path`

#### 5. Stop collecting PII

Passwordless no longer collects users' IP addresses. If you need this information, you can
add it to your `after_session_save` callback.

#### 6. Move configuration to `Passwordless.config`
#### 6. Encrypted tokens

Passwordless is now configured like this. In `config/initializers/passwordless.rb`:
Tokens are now stored encrypted in the database. This means that any tokens that were generated with a previous version of Passwordless will no longer work.

```ruby
Passwordless.configure do |config|
config.default_from_address = "[email protected]"
end
```
#### 7. Remove deprecated methods and helpers

Removes `authenticate_by_cookie` and `upgrade_passwordless_cookie` from controller helpers.

### Added

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# frozen_string_literal: true

source "https://rubygems.org"

gemspec

gem "codecov", require: false, group: :test
gem "erb-formatter"
gem "pry"
gem "puma"
gem "sqlite3"
gem "yard"

group :test do
gem "capybara", require: false
gem "codecov", require: false
gem "minitest"
gem "rails-controller-testing"
end
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