Symfony2: Newsletter Subscription - symfony

Question

I need to get the newsletter subscription thing working. The logic i am using is when the user submits his email, i check if there is already a user registered to the site with the email. If yes, i check if he is subscribed to newsletter and do the appropriate subscription. If the email is not in the registered user list, then i have a newsletter table for anonymous users. I check here if he is subscribed or not and do the necessary action.
Here is my controller action code:
/**
* #Route("/newsletter/", name="site_newsletter")
* #return array
*/
public function newsletterSubscriptionAction(httpRequest $request)
{
$email = $request->request->get('email');
try {
$email = $request->request->get('email');
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getEntityManager();
$query = $em->createQuery(
'SELECT u FROM MyBundle:User u WHERE u.email = :email'
)->setParameter('email', $email);
$user = $query->getSingleResult();
if(!is_object($user)){ //this means anonymous user not registered to site
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getEntityManager();
$query = $em->createQuery(
'SELECT n FROM MyBundle:Newsletter n WHERE n.email = :email AND n.isSubscribed = 1'
)->setParameter('email', $email);
$record = $query->getSingleResult();
if($record){
$msg = "You are already subscribed!";
}else{
$newsletter = new Newsletter();
$newsletter->setEmail($email);
$newsletter->setIsSubscribed(true);
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getEntityManager();
$em->persist($newsletter);
$em->flush();
$msg = "You have been subscribed to our newsletter! Thank You.";
}
}else{
if($user->getNewsletterSubscription()){
$msg = "You are already subscribed!";
}else{
$user->setNewsletterSubscription(1);
$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getEntityManager();
$em->flush();
$msg = "You have been subscribed to our newsletter! Thank You.";
}
}
}
catch (\Exception $e) {
$msg = 'Some problem occured. Please try again later';
}
if ($this->getRequest()->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
return new \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response($msg);
return array('msg' => $msg);
}
}
I am using ajax to call this controller action. This isn't working. The data m getting back to the ajax is redirected login page.
I am using FOSUSerBundle by the way to manage users. Is this causing any issue? Whats the best way to implement it?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

It sounds like you need to give anon users permission to use your subscription route.
In your security.yml file, add something like:
security:
access_control:
- { path: ^/subscribe, roles: IS_AUTHENTICATED_ANONYMOUSLY }