fix(auth): correctly redirect the user to the last visited page after login

Resolves vikunja/frontend#3682

cypress/e2e/user/login.spec.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {UserFactory} from '../../factories/user'
+import {ProjectFactory} from '../../factories/project'
 
 const testAndAssertFailed = fixture => {
 	cy.intercept(Cypress.env('API_URL') + '/login*').as('login')
@@ -13,26 +14,28 @@ const testAndAssertFailed = fixture => {
 	cy.get('div.message.danger').contains('Wrong username or password.')
 }
 
-const username = 'test'
+const credentials = {
+	username: 'test',
+	password: '1234',
+}
+
+function login() {
+	cy.get('input[id=username]').type(credentials.username)
+	cy.get('input[id=password]').type(credentials.password)
+	cy.get('.button').contains('Login').click()
+	cy.url().should('include', '/')
+}
 
 context('Login', () => {
 	beforeEach(() => {
-		UserFactory.create(1, {username})
+		UserFactory.create(1, {username: credentials.username})
 	})
 
 	it('Should log in with the right credentials', () => {
-		const fixture = {
-			username: 'test',
-			password: '1234',
-		}
-
 		cy.visit('/login')
-		cy.get('input[id=username]').type(fixture.username)
-		cy.get('input[id=password]').type(fixture.password)
-		cy.get('.button').contains('Login').click()
-		cy.url().should('include', '/')
+		login()
 		cy.clock(1625656161057) // 13:00
-		cy.get('h2').should('contain', `Hi ${fixture.username}!`)
+		cy.get('h2').should('contain', `Hi ${credentials.username}!`)
 	})
 
 	it('Should fail with a bad password', () => {
@@ -57,4 +60,15 @@ context('Login', () => {
 		cy.visit('/')
 		cy.url().should('include', '/login')
 	})
+	
+	it('Should redirect to the previous route after logging in', () => {
+		const projects = ProjectFactory.create(1)
+		cy.visit(`/projects/${projects[0].id}/list`)
+
+		cy.url().should('include', '/login')
+		
+		login()
+
+		cy.url().should('include', `/projects/${projects[0].id}/list`)
+	})
 })

src/helpers/saveLastVisited.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 const LAST_VISITED_KEY = 'lastVisited'
 
-export const saveLastVisited = (name: string, params: object, query: object) => {
+export const saveLastVisited = (name: string | undefined, params: object, query: object) => {
+	if (typeof name === 'undefined') {
+		return
+	}
+	
 	localStorage.setItem(LAST_VISITED_KEY, JSON.stringify({name, params, query}))
 }
 
@@ -9,7 +13,7 @@ export const getLastVisited = () => {
 	if (lastVisited === null) {
 		return null
 	}
-	
+
 	return JSON.parse(lastVisited)
 }
 

src/router/index.ts

@@ -448,16 +448,9 @@ export async function getAuthForRoute(to: RouteLocation, authStore) {
 		return
 	}
 	
-	const baseStore = useBaseStore()
-	// When trying this before the current user was fully loaded we might get a flash of the login screen 
-	// in the user shell. To make shure this does not happen we check if everything is ready before trying.
-	if (!baseStore.ready) {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Check if the user is already logged in and redirect them to the home page if not
-	if (
-		![
+	// Check if the route the user wants to go to is a route which needs authentication. We use this to 
+	// redirect the user after successful login.
+	const isValidUserAppRoute = ![
 			'user.login',
 			'user.password-reset.request',
 			'user.password-reset.reset',
@@ -468,8 +461,19 @@ export async function getAuthForRoute(to: RouteLocation, authStore) {
 		localStorage.getItem('passwordResetToken') === null &&
 		localStorage.getItem('emailConfirmToken') === null &&
 		!(to.name === 'home' && (typeof to.query.userPasswordReset !== 'undefined' || typeof to.query.userEmailConfirm !== 'undefined'))
-	) {
+	
+	if (isValidUserAppRoute) {
 		saveLastVisited(to.name as string, to.params, to.query)
+	}
+	
+	const baseStore = useBaseStore()
+	// When trying this before the current user was fully loaded we might get a flash of the login screen 
+	// in the user shell. To make sure this does not happen we check if everything is ready before trying.
+	if (!baseStore.ready) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if (isValidUserAppRoute) {
 		return {name: 'user.login'}
 	}