Makes it easy to update the login url

shibboleth/app_settings.py

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
-#At a minimum you will need username, 
+#At a minimum you will need username,
 default_shib_attributes = {
   "REMOTE_USER": (True, "username"),
-} 
+}
 
 SHIB_ATTRIBUTE_MAP = getattr(settings, 'SHIBBOLETH_ATTRIBUTE_MAP', default_shib_attributes)
 #Set to true if you are testing and want to insert sample headers.
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@
 #LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL specifies a default logout page that will always be used when
 #users logout from Shibboleth.
 LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = getattr(settings, 'SHIBBOLETH_LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL', None)
+#This is the parameter used to redirect after login. Old versions was used 'next' parameter.
+LOGIN_URL_PARAMETER = getattr(settings, 'SHIBBOLETH_LOGIN_URL_PARAMETER', 'target')
+#This should look like: /login
+#This is the LOGIN_URL_PARAMETER value. The endpoint after login
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = getattr(settings, 'SHIBBOLETH_LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL', None)

shibboleth/context_processors.py

@@ -4,26 +4,27 @@
     from django.urls import reverse
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
+try:
+    from app_settings import LOGOUT_URL, LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL, LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL, LOGIN_URL_PARAMETER
+except ImportError:
+    from .app_settings import LOGOUT_URL, LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL, LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL, LOGIN_URL_PARAMETER
+
 def login_link(request):
     """
-    This assumes your login link is the Shibboleth login page for your server 
+    By default: this assumes your login link is the Shibboleth login page for your server
     and uses the 'target' url parameter.
     """
-    full_path = quote(request.get_full_path())
+    full_path = LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL or quote(request.get_full_path())
     login = reverse('shibboleth:login')
-    ll = "%s?target=%s" % (login, full_path)
+    ll = "%s?%s=%s" % (login, LOGIN_URL_PARAMETER, full_path)
     return { 'login_link': ll }
 
 def logout_link(request, *args):
     """
-    This assumes your login link is the Shibboleth login page for your server 
+    This assumes your login link is the Shibboleth login page for your server
     and uses the 'target' url parameter.
     e.g: https://school.edu/Shibboleth.sso/Login
     """
-    try:
-        from app_settings import LOGOUT_URL, LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL
-    except ImportError:
-        from .app_settings import LOGOUT_URL, LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL
     #LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL specifies a default logout page that will always be used when
     #users logout from Shibboleth.
     target = LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL or quote(request.build_absolute_uri())