Detect User Login & Redirect

node38

Hi everyone, thanks for any input on this.

Is there a way to detect if a user is logged in to NodeBB and have them redirected depending on that status?

Specifically,
User visits www.example.com, a basic html home page.

If user has logged into NodeBB previously and is still logged in, redirect them to the Nodebb forum (www.example.com/forum).
If the user is not logged in, do nothing.

I would appreciate any guidance on this,
Thanks for your time.

yariplus

You can get loggedIn status from
https://www.example.com/forum/api/user/${username}

It returns a json object with a loggedIn boolean.

Example (using jquery to fetch)

$.getJSON('https://community.nodebb.org/api/user/yariplus', (data) => {
  if (data.loggedIn) window.location.href = 'https://www.example.com/forum/'
})

node38

Thank you for your quick reply.

Is there a way to check logged-in status without specifying a user?

All I want to be able to do is to have a custom homepage for my NodeBB website that only displays to guests.

If one of my registered (& logged in) users visits, have it send them to the forum rather than to the custom homepage.

Thanks again for your help, appreciated.

yariplus

Yup, you can fetch https://www.example.com/forum/api/me, it will return an error if not logged in, and an object if you are.

julian

@yariplus to clarify, it's /api/me/, with the trailing slash. It is significant