redirect to last page not working on python social auth

Question

I'm using python social auth to use social logins but I'm unable to redirect to the last page after successful login.

For instance if I'm on the following page http://localhost:8000/docprofile/14/and click the login button, instead of redirecting me to the last page http://localhost:8000/docprofile/14/ it redirects me to the login page.

If I put this:

<a href="{% url 'social:begin' 'facebook' %}?next={{ request.path }}"> | Login with Facebook</a>

It redirects to the login page and the url ends with strange characters:

http://localhost:8000/login/#_=_

I also tried this:

<a href="{% url 'social:begin' 'facebook' %}?next={{ request.get_full_path }}"> | Login with Facebook</a>

This time it does take the path of the /docprofile/14 but still doesn't redirect me back and takes me to the login page with the url http://localhost:8000/login/?next=/docprofile/14/#_=_

Carley

Beside the redirect issue, the authentication is working fine? – Binns

@Binns Yes, the authentication is working fine. It's just the redirection is the issue! – Carley

Did you find any solution for this issue? – Estaestablish

Answer 1

What I had to do was strip off the next parameter from the query string in my GET and modify the html to include it in the template like this

def home(request):
    c = context()
    if request.GET.get('next'):
        c = context(next=request.GET['next'])

    return render_to_response('home.html',
                              context_instance=RequestContext(request, c))

def context(**extra):
    return dict({
        'available_backends': load_backends(settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS)
    }, **extra)

And my template now gets the next parameter from the context and when i log in the redirect works.

<a class="col-md-2 btn btn-default" name="{{ backend|backend_class }}" href="{% url "social:begin" backend=name %}?next={{next}}">

Brucine

Answer 2

You can include this in head of your template of the redirected page -

<script type="text/javascript">
   if (window.location.hash == '#_=_') {
      window.location.hash = '';
   }
</script>`

It will do the trick!

Julietajulietta

Answer 3

Solution:

<a class="fb-login-placeholder" href="{% url 'social:begin' 'facebook' %}?next={{ request.GET.next }}">| Login with Facebook</a>

that is instead of request.path you need request.GET.next.
And indeed, to get rid of the funny characters use @AshishGupta's answer.

Frothy