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I have wrestled with this one for a bit and googled and looked through documentation, so I guess its time to ask. I am trying make my app redirect to the last viewed page after logging in. I am running django 1.2.4 and have had no luck so far.

This Stack Overflow thread seemed like it would do the trick but I have not had success with it: Django: Redirect to previous page after login...

Currently after logging in from any view I am redirected to: //localhost:1100/accounts/profile/

settings.py has this suggested code: "django.core.context_processors.request",

With this as my login button link: <a href="{% url django.contrib.auth.views.login %}?next={{request.path}}">login</a>

I also made sure to import the RequestContext in my views.py file: from django.template import RequestContext

I get the impression this is not working. Also I noticed now login URL has a partial next URL in it: //localhost:1100/accounts/login/?next=

Suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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bmartinek
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As sdolan said, you can use the login_required decorator, but also there are a few more possiblities:

  • Form action: 

    <form method="post" action="{% url django.contrib.auth.views.login %}?next={{request.path}}">

  • Next hidden field:

     <input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{request.path}}" />

  • With a link to the login form: 

    <a href="{% url django.contrib.auth.views.login %}?next={{request.path}}">Login</a>

For using them, you have to pass the Request Context in the corresponding view. Examples of doing this can be found here: http://lincolnloop.com/blog/2008/may/10/getting-requestcontext-your-templates/

anders
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  • +1 If you are using django stock login system, this method `href="{% url django.contrib.auth.views.login %}?next={{request.path}}">Login` is the most reliable one imo, other two methods are problematic because of [**this bug**](https://stackoverflow.com/q/22288861/4334743). – AneesAhmed777 Aug 18 '17 at 16:24
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If you use the login_required decorator on your views, it will do this for you automatically.

This is confirmed by experience, and explained in the docs:

If the user isn't logged in, redirect to settings.LOGIN_URL, passing the current absolute path in the query string. Example: /accounts/login/?next=/polls/3/.

Sam Dolan
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  • Thanks sdolan, So I was using the text decorators in my views like such: @login_required def wine_review_page(request, wine_id): Is this the incorrect way to go about this? I am not sure how to set the next link I guess. – bmartinek Jan 07 '11 at 05:35