feat: redirect user to the page they originally requested

backend/app.ts

@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ const assMetaMiddleware = (port: number, proxied: boolean): RequestHandler =>
 const loginRedirectMiddleware = async (req: Request, res: Response, next: NextFunction) => {
 
 	// If auth doesn't exist yet, make the user login
-	if (!req.session.ass?.auth) res.redirect('/login');
+	if (!req.session.ass?.auth) {
+		req.session.ass!.preLoginPath = req.baseUrl;
+		log.warn('User not logged in', req.baseUrl);
+		res.redirect('/login');
+	}
 	else {
 		const user = (await get('users', req.session.ass.auth.uid)) as AssUser;
 

backend/routers/api.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ router.post('/login', BodyParserJson(), (req, res) => {
 				token: ''
 			};
 
-			res.json({ success, message: `User [${user.username}] ${success ? 'logged' : 'failed to log'} in` });
+			// Respond
+			res.json({ success, message: `User [${user.username}] ${success ? 'logged' : 'failed to log'} in`, meta: { redirectTo: req.session.ass?.preLoginPath ?? '/user' } });
+
+			// Delete the pre-login path after successful login
+			if (success) delete req.session.ass?.preLoginPath;
 		})
 		.catch((err) => res.status(400).json({ success: false, message: err.message }));
 });

common/global.d.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ declare module 'express-session' {
 				uid: string;
 				token: string;
 			}
+			preLoginPath?: string;
 		}
 	}
 }

frontend/login.mts

@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
 			.then((res) => res.json())
 			.then((data: {
 				success: boolean,
-				message: string
+				message: string,
+				meta: { redirectTo: string }
 			}) => {
 				if (!data.success) alert(data.message);
-				else window.location.href = '/user';
+				else window.location.href = data.meta.redirectTo;
 			})
 			.catch((err) => errAlert('POST to /api/login failed!', err))
 			.finally(() => Elements.submitButton.disabled = false);