ruby-on-railsajaxruby-on-rails-4csrfauthenticity-token

POST request done with Authenticity Token, but exception still rased


My controller is responding to a js GET request, and in my js.erb file I am reporting back with the Fingerprint2 generated browser data of the users browser. This is done with a POST request, because of the large data string, so I have inserted a beforeSend method that adds the Authenticity Token.

However, this is rejected with ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken - ActionController::InvalidAuthenticityToken. When I check, the header looks like it does in the GET requests that succeed:

X-CSRF-Token:hl/TgkY7k0yBG03KX9IBrsDhk2K4tUUh8JTooT7A0yYZ0l53p8lTt0F3dZvRwyS3bIkbbkuTdElP2KisozjXjw==

The js code looks like this:

(new Fingerprint2).get(function(fingerprint, components) {
  return $.ajax({
    url: "/user_browser",
    type: "post",
    beforeSend: function(xhr) {
      xhr.setRequestHeader('X-CSRF-Token',
      $('meta[name="csrf-token"]').attr('content'))
    },
    data: {
      some_id: '123',
      components: JSON.stringify(components),
      fingerprint: fingerprint
    },
    dataType: "json"
  }).success(function(data) {});
});

Solution

  • I found the root of the problem. Some days ago I changed my config/session_store.rb from:

    MyApp::Application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_my-app_session'
    

    to:

    MyApp::Application.config.session_store :disabled
    

    When I changed this back the problem disappeared.