I have a web application that contains a REST api that is interacted with by the client application that lives at /
. When a user session times out and the client js application makes a request to the REST api, that request will trigger a login event. Once the user logs in the user is then taken to the REST api endpoint which just displays a JSON response. I would like to hard wire the login page to always redirect to /
.
Edit 1: I'm using spring-security-core plugin with the openid plugin as well and grails 2.0.4.
Edit 2: So I managed to get a solution working, however its a bit crude and I would like to know if there is a more elegant solution out there.
I created a simple filter in grails-app/conf/LoginRedirectFilters.groovy
:
class RedirectLoginFilters {
def filters = {
redirectAfterLogin (uri: '/api/*') {
before = {
if (session["LOGGING_IN"])
redirect uri: "/"
}
after = {
if (session["LOGGING_IN"])
session["LOGGING_IN"] = false
}
}
}
}
And in my auth
function inside of OpenIdController.groovy
I added the session flag LOGGING_IN
:
def auth = {
def config = SpringSecurityUtils.securityConfig
if (springSecurityService.isLoggedIn()) {
redirect uri: config.successHandler.defaultTargetUrl
return
}
session["LOGGING_IN"] = true
.
.
.
This is working properly by only checking if the LOGGING_IN
flag is true when an api endpoint is called, and it also kills the flag after one request so it won't interfere with subsequent client api calls. I realize this is pretty convoluted, so if there is a better solution please let me know, thanks!