Easily switch user without login, logout

When you are working, sometimes you don't waste your time to login/logout with email and password, or the site have error, but this error is only raised for specified user.

So, you can try using gem Switch User.

Install

Open your Gemfile and add:

gem "switch_user

Usage

In my project, I'm using gem sorcery for authentication. So, the next step, I need run command:

rails g switch_user:install

A copy of the configuration file will be copied to config/initializers/switch_user.rb. And I'll configure with provider is sorcery.

config.provider = :sorcery

You can learn more options at link https://github.com/flyerhzm/switch_user#configuration

Next, I'll open my route and add a route:

SwitchUser::Application.routes.draw do
    match 'switch_user' => 'switch_user#set_current_user'
end

Add the following code into your page, I'm using Slim

= switch_user_select

Done, now you can open local site to check.