Referrer doesn't redirect?

[magnusvhendin]

Re: Redirect after register/registration

In my theme I try to accomplish this like so:

library.redirectAfterRegistration = (data, callback) => {
	user.getUserData(data.uid, (err, userdata) => {
		if (err) {
			return callback(err);
		}
		const url = nconf.get('relative_path') + '/user/' + encodeURIComponent(userdata.userslug);
		data.referrer = url;

		callback(null, data);
	});
};

Any idea why it's not working? The referrer looks good '/user/[username]'.

[baris]

I am assuming you are using the hook filter:register.complete. Did you check if the client side receives the referrer here?

If that code isn't getting called maybe GDPR and ToS redirects are interfering.

[magnusvhendin]

It receives the referrer but only after the first step, not after GDPR and ToS. I'm running version 1.12.1.

[magnusvhendin]

A related question. If I need to redirect the logged in user to their profile because I need them to fill in a field, how would I go about doing that?

At the moment I catch the hook filter:middleware.render and do a res.redirect('/user/[username]/edit'). It works great on initial render, but when I try to click somewhere the main area just goes blank.

I believe it has to do with the api call being made to re-render the page. I am not familiar enough with the inner workings to know why this is happening.

[baris]

The referrer received after the first step is it the value you set in your plugin or is it /register/complete?

You need to use helpers.redirect to properly redirect both regular pages and /api/ requests.

[baris]

@magnusvhendin I filed a bug for this, https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/8050

Will need to be fixed in core.

[baris]

@magnusvhendin This is now fixed on latest master, you can replicate the changes here to get the fix.

[magnusvhendin]

@baris Awesome, thanks a lot!