Disabled serialization for JSON type columns.

.travis.yml

@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ script:
 before_script:
   - mysql -e 'create database devise_token_auth_test'
   - psql -c 'create database devise_token_auth_test' -U postgres
+
+addons:
+  postgresql: "9.3"

app/models/devise_token_auth/concerns/user.rb

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ def self.tokens_match?(token_hash, token)
       self.devise_modules.delete(:omniauthable)
     end
 
-    serialize :tokens, JSON
+    unless tokens_has_json_column_type?
+      serialize :tokens, JSON
+    end
 
     validates :email, presence: true, email: true, if: Proc.new { |u| u.provider == 'email' }
     validates_presence_of :uid, if: Proc.new { |u| u.provider != 'email' }
@@ -82,6 +84,15 @@ def send_reset_password_instructions(opts=nil)
     end
   end
 
+  module ClassMethods
+    protected
+
+
+    def tokens_has_json_column_type?
+      table_exists? && self.columns_hash['tokens'] && self.columns_hash['tokens'].type.in?([:json, :jsonb])
+    end
+  end
+
 
   def valid_token?(token, client_id='default')
     client_id ||= 'default'

test/dummy/config/application.rb

@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
     # config.i18n.default_locale = :de
+    config.autoload_paths << Rails.root.join('lib')
   end
 end

test/dummy/db/migrate/20140715061447_devise_token_auth_create_users.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include MigrationDatabaseHelper
+
 class DeviseTokenAuthCreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table(:users) do |t|
@@ -42,7 +44,11 @@ def change
       t.string :uid, :null => false, :default => ""
 
       ## Tokens
-      t.text :tokens
+      if json_supported_database?
+        t.json :tokens
+      else
+        t.text :tokens
+      end
 
       t.timestamps
     end

test/dummy/db/migrate/20140715061805_devise_token_auth_create_mangs.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include MigrationDatabaseHelper
+
 class DeviseTokenAuthCreateMangs < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table(:mangs) do |t|
@@ -42,7 +44,11 @@ def change
       t.string :uid, :null => false, :default => ""
 
       ## Tokens
-      t.text :tokens
+      if json_supported_database?
+        t.json :tokens
+      else
+        t.text :tokens
+      end
 
       t.timestamps
     end

test/dummy/db/migrate/20140928231203_devise_token_auth_create_evil_users.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include MigrationDatabaseHelper
+
 class DeviseTokenAuthCreateEvilUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table(:evil_users) do |t|
@@ -40,7 +42,11 @@ def change
       t.string :uid, :null => false, :default => ""
 
       ## Tokens
-      t.text :tokens
+      if json_supported_database?
+        t.json :tokens
+      else
+        t.text :tokens
+      end
 
       ## etc.
       t.string :favorite_color

test/dummy/db/migrate/20141222035835_devise_token_auth_create_only_email_users.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include MigrationDatabaseHelper
+
 class DeviseTokenAuthCreateOnlyEmailUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table(:only_email_users) do |t|
@@ -40,7 +42,11 @@ def change
       t.string :email
 
       ## Tokens
-      t.text :tokens
+      if json_supported_database?
+        t.json :tokens
+      else
+        t.text :tokens
+      end
 
       t.timestamps
     end

test/dummy/db/migrate/20141222053502_devise_token_auth_create_unregisterable_users.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include MigrationDatabaseHelper
+
 class DeviseTokenAuthCreateUnregisterableUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table(:unregisterable_users) do |t|
@@ -40,7 +42,11 @@ def change
       t.string :email
 
       ## Tokens
-      t.text :tokens
+      if json_supported_database?
+        t.json :tokens
+      else
+        t.text :tokens
+      end
 
       t.timestamps
     end

test/dummy/db/migrate/20150409095712_devise_token_auth_create_nice_users.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include MigrationDatabaseHelper
+
 class DeviseTokenAuthCreateNiceUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table(:nice_users) do |t|
@@ -40,7 +42,11 @@ def change
       t.string :email
 
       ## Tokens
-      t.text :tokens
+      if json_supported_database?
+        t.json :tokens
+      else
+        t.text :tokens
+      end
 
       t.timestamps
     end

test/dummy/db/migrate/20150708104536_devise_token_auth_create_unconfirmable_users.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include MigrationDatabaseHelper
+
 class DeviseTokenAuthCreateUnconfirmableUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
     create_table(:unconfirmable_users) do |t|
@@ -40,7 +42,11 @@ def change
       t.string :email
 
       ## Tokens
-      t.text :tokens
+      if json_supported_database?
+        t.json :tokens
+      else
+        t.text :tokens
+      end
 
       t.timestamps
     end

test/dummy/lib/migration_database_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module MigrationDatabaseHelper
+  def json_supported_database?
+    (postgres? && postgres_correct_version?) || (mysql? && mysql_correct_version?)
+  end
+
+  def postgres?
+    database_name == 'ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQLAdapter'
+  end
+
+  def postgres_correct_version?
+    database_version > '9.3'
+  end
+
+  def mysql?
+    database_name == 'ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlAdapter'
+  end
+
+  def mysql_correct_version?
+    database_version > '5.7.7'
+  end
+
+  def database_name
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.class.name
+  end
+
+  def database_version
+    ActiveRecord::Base.connection.select_value('SELECT VERSION()')
+  end
+end