How to immitate Devise's sign_in(@user) helper method?

Question

I tried in do it like this in application_controller.rb

helper_method: sign_in

def sign_in(email, password)
        valid_params = { email: email, password: password }
        post login_path, params: valid_params
end

is this a best way?

Answer 1

Something that I like to do is

class Admins::UsersController < AdminController
  ...
  def login_as
    sign_in(User.find(params[:user_id]), :bypass => true)
    redirect_to users_root_path
  end
end

you should not pass a user_id but some sort of key or a uuid but you get the gist