Logging Out an Authenticated User

Prerequisites

To follow the steps in this tutorial, you should understand the required directory structure for your codebase and the concept of pages and users. In addition, you need to understand the difference between Production and Staging Instaces.

• Codebase
• Pages
• Users
• Staging vs. Production Environments

Steps

Logging out an authenticated user is a two-step process:

• Step 1: Create a log-out form
• Step 2: Embed the log-out form

Step 1: Create the Log Out Form

app/forms/log_out.liquid

---
name: log_out
resource: Session
---

{% form method: 'delete' %}
  <button>Log Out</button>
{% endform %}

The difference between logging in and logging out is that you want to destroy the session with the latter. You must send a request by providing the attribute to the tag.

Step 2: Embed the Log Out Form

app/views/pages/log-out.liquid

---
slug: log-out
---
<h2>Log out</h2>
{% include_form 'log_out' %}

Next Steps

Congratulations! You created a log-out for authenticated users. Now you can learn about resetting a user's password: Resetting the Password of an Authenticated User.