No route matches [GET] "/users/sign_out"

Question

Here is my actual error: No route matches [GET] "/members/sign_out" Since most people will use "users" I thought it would be more helpful to have that in the title. At any rate, I am essential unable to logout. I can successfully edit my member profile.

I am using devise 1.4.2 and Rails 3.1.0.rc4. Also, I have generated two separate devise models - one called "members" and the other called "admins". I was able to register and log into both of them (simultaneously) by manually navigating to the correct URL path (i.e., localhost:3000/admins/sign_in/). I created some links within my application.html.haml layout file by following this RailsCast on Devise. I am aware that it only addresses signin/signout links for "members."

If I click on the signout link I get the above error. This occurs if I manually navigate to either signout URL (i.e., localhost:3000/admins/sign_out/).

Can someone tell me why this is happening? Below are the various related files. And of course, I'm a newbie...

rake routes output:

    j(film_repo)$ rake routes
        new_member_session GET    /members/sign_in(.:format)       {:action=>"new", :controller=>"devise/sessions"}
            member_session POST   /members/sign_in(.:format)       {:action=>"create", :controller=>"devise/sessions"}
    destroy_member_session DELETE /members/sign_out(.:format)      {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"devise/sessions"}
           member_password POST   /members/password(.:format)      {:action=>"create", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
       new_member_password GET    /members/password/new(.:format)  {:action=>"new", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
      edit_member_password GET    /members/password/edit(.:format) {:action=>"edit", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
                           PUT    /members/password(.:format)      {:action=>"update", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
cancel_member_registration GET    /members/cancel(.:format)        {:action=>"cancel", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
       member_registration POST   /members(.:format)               {:action=>"create", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
   new_member_registration GET    /members/sign_up(.:format)       {:action=>"new", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
  edit_member_registration GET    /members/edit(.:format)          {:action=>"edit", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
                           PUT    /members(.:format)               {:action=>"update", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
                           DELETE /members(.:format)               {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
         new_admin_session GET    /admins/sign_in(.:format)        {:action=>"new", :controller=>"devise/sessions"}
             admin_session POST   /admins/sign_in(.:format)        {:action=>"create", :controller=>"devise/sessions"}
     destroy_admin_session DELETE /admins/sign_out(.:format)       {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"devise/sessions"}
            admin_password POST   /admins/password(.:format)       {:action=>"create", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
        new_admin_password GET    /admins/password/new(.:format)   {:action=>"new", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
       edit_admin_password GET    /admins/password/edit(.:format)  {:action=>"edit", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
                           PUT    /admins/password(.:format)       {:action=>"update", :controller=>"devise/passwords"}
 cancel_admin_registration GET    /admins/cancel(.:format)         {:action=>"cancel", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
        admin_registration POST   /admins(.:format)                {:action=>"create", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
    new_admin_registration GET    /admins/sign_up(.:format)        {:action=>"new", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
   edit_admin_registration GET    /admins/edit(.:format)           {:action=>"edit", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
                           PUT    /admins(.:format)                {:action=>"update", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
                           DELETE /admins(.:format)                {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"devise/registrations"}
                     films GET    /films(.:format)                 {:action=>"index", :controller=>"films"}
                           POST   /films(.:format)                 {:action=>"create", :controller=>"films"}
                  new_film GET    /films/new(.:format)             {:action=>"new", :controller=>"films"}
                 edit_film GET    /films/:id/edit(.:format)        {:action=>"edit", :controller=>"films"}
                      film GET    /films/:id(.:format)             {:action=>"show", :controller=>"films"}
                           PUT    /films/:id(.:format)             {:action=>"update", :controller=>"films"}
                           DELETE /films/:id(.:format)             {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"films"}
                      root        /                                {:controller=>"films", :action=>"index"}

routes.rb

FilmRepo::Application.routes.draw do
  devise_for :members

  devise_for :admins

  resources :films

  root :to => 'films#index'
end

admin.rb (model)

class Admin < ActiveRecord::Base
  # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
  # :token_authenticatable, :encryptable, :confirmable, :lockable, and :omniauthable
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :timeoutable,
         :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable

  # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
  attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me
end

member.rb (model)

class Member < ActiveRecord::Base
  # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
  # :token_authenticatable, :encryptable, :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
         :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable

  # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
  attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me
end

application.html.haml

!!!
%html
    %head
        %title Film Repo
        = stylesheet_link_tag 'compiled/screen.css', :media => 'screen, projection'
        = stylesheet_link_tag 'compiled/print.css', :media => 'print'
        /[if lt IE 8]
            = stylesheet_link_tag 'compiled/ie.css', :media => 'screen, projection'
            = csrf_meta_tag
    %body.bp
        #container
            #user_nav
                - if member_signed_in?
                    Signed in as #{current_member.email}. Not you?
                    \#{link_to "Sign out", destroy_member_session_path}
                - else
                    = link_to "Sign up", new_member_registration_path
                    or #{link_to "sign in", new_member_session_path}
                - flash.each do |name, msg|
                    = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
            = yield

Answer 1

You can end a session via get by changing the devise configuration in initializers.

# The default HTTP method used to sign out a resource. Default is :delete.
config.sign_out_via = :get

Just open the link and your session is removed.

Answer 2

I had a similar problem, but addition of the :method=> :delete didn't work. I was able to add a new route for a the get request by commenting out the devise_for :users and adding

devise_for :users do
  get '/users/sign_out' => 'devise/sessions#destroy'
end

Answer 3

I had a similar problem. My view code was like this:

  <%= link_to " exit", destroy_user_session_path, method: :delete %>

After adding the following change to routes.rb it worked,

devise_for :users

devise_scope :user do  
   get '/users/sign_out' => 'devise/sessions#destroy'     
end

Answer 4

Although I don't know the cause, the reason why you are getting that message is because in your routes you have

destroy_member_session DELETE /members/sign_out(.:format)      {:action=>"destroy", :controller=>"devise/sessions"}

Which means that route is only available with the DELETE method as opposed to GET. This is a bit weird since in the docs for devise it says that it should create it as GET route (https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/blob/master/lib/devise/rails/routes.rb#L30)

With it as a DELETE route, you should be able to logout using

link_to :logout, destroy_member_session_path, :method => :delete