No route matches "/users/sign_out" devise rails 3

I think the route for signing out is a DELETE method. This means that your sign out link needs to look like this:

<%= link_to "Sign out", destroy_user_session_path, :method => :delete %>

Yours doesn't include the :method => :delete part. Also, please note that for this to work you must also include <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %> in your layout file (application.html.erb).


I changed this line in devise.rb:

config.sign_out_via = :delete

to

config.sign_out_via = :get

and it started working for me.


You probably didn't include jquery_ujs javascript file. Make sure you are using the latest version of jquery-ujs : https://github.com/rails/jquery-ujs and the last files available :

rails generate jquery:install

You should not have any more rails.js file. If you do, you're probably out-of-date. Make sure also this file is loaded with defaults, in config/application.rb

config.action_view.javascript_expansions[:defaults] = %w(jquery.min jquery_ujs)

(Again, you should not have rails.js file here). Finally, add the link as documented on Devise wiki (haml-style):

= link_to('Logout', destroy_user_session_path, :method => 'delete')

And everything will be fine.


The ability to make the Logout link a DELETE RESTful call requires an html attribute data-method = "delete" by using the rails code = link_to('Logout', destroy_user_session_path, :method => :delete).

However, if you do not have the gem jquery-ujs installed or are not calling the resulting javascript in your application.html via = javascript_include_tag "application", the response will be sent as a GET request, and the route will fail.

You have a few options if you do not want to use jquery-ujs or cannot find a way to make it work:

  1. Change config.sign_out_via to equal :get within devise.rb (not recommended, since DELETE is the appropriate RESTful query)
  2. OR Change the link_to to = button_to('Logout', destroy_user_session_path, :method => :delete). With button_to Rails will do the heavy lifting on making the proper DELETE call. You can then style the button to look like a link if you wish.