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    The first concern for every application is its security, so rails by default provides a method protect_from_forgery, which is always present by default in your application, whenever you create a new application. i.e.

    class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
      protect_from_forgery
    end

    So whenever you create a form in your rails application, in a hidden field, it always has a token, which gets sent by default so that, the rails application recognizes that the request has come from the same application. This protect_from_forgery verifies all requests except the GET and HEAD requests. Here we will discuss what options are available in this:


    1. Completely skipping:

    We can completely skip the protect_from_forgery, if our application is purely api based and we don't want any checks for forgery. It can be done by adding this line of code.

    skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
    

     

    2. Customizing for specific actions:

    Like all the other rails filters, it also supports :only/:except options, so you can add the your methods in these blocks:

    class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
      
      protect_from_forgery except: [:login, :signup]
    
      ## or
    
      protect_from_forgery only: [:edit, :show]
    end

     

    3. Providing blocks/conditions:

    It supports :if/:unless options too, so you can provide conditions here, regarding when you want to protect_from_forgery to work or not.

    protect_from_forgery if: :some_condition 

     

    4. :with  

     It is used to set the method to handle unverified request.


    5. There are few methods available to handle the unverified requests, which are:

    a) exception: It is present by default with the rails application and raises ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken exception.

    b) reset_session: It resets all the available sessions.

    c) null_session:  It provides an empty session during request but doesn't reset it. It is used as default when :with option is not specified.

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