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-rw-r--r--actionpack/CHANGELOG.md12
-rw-r--r--actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb33
-rw-r--r--actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb38
-rw-r--r--guides/source/action_controller_overview.md2
-rw-r--r--guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md7
5 files changed, 80 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
index 608512d846..8b2943af74 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+* Deprecate `redirect_to :back` in favor of `redirect_back`, which accepts a
+ required `fallback_location` argument, thus eliminating the possibility of a
+ `RedirectBackError`.
+
+ *Derek Prior*
+
+* Add `redirect_back` method to `ActionController::Redirecting` to provide a
+ way to safely redirect to the `HTTP_REFERER` if it is present, falling back
+ to a provided redirect otherwise.
+
+ *Derek Prior*
+
* `ActionController::TestCase` will be moved to it's own gem in Rails 5.1
With the speed improvements made to `ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest` we no
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
index 0febc905f1..aeecb48f85 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/metal/redirecting.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ module ActionController
# * <tt>String</tt> starting with <tt>protocol://</tt> (like <tt>http://</tt>) or a protocol relative reference (like <tt>//</tt>) - Is passed straight through as the target for redirection.
# * <tt>String</tt> not containing a protocol - The current protocol and host is prepended to the string.
# * <tt>Proc</tt> - A block that will be executed in the controller's context. Should return any option accepted by +redirect_to+.
- # * <tt>:back</tt> - Back to the page that issued the request. Useful for forms that are triggered from multiple places.
- # Short-hand for <tt>redirect_to(request.env["HTTP_REFERER"])</tt>
#
# === Examples:
#
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ module ActionController
# redirect_to "http://www.rubyonrails.org"
# redirect_to "/images/screenshot.jpg"
# redirect_to articles_url
- # redirect_to :back
# redirect_to proc { edit_post_url(@post) }
#
# The redirection happens as a "302 Found" header unless otherwise specified using the <tt>:status</tt> option:
@@ -61,10 +58,6 @@ module ActionController
# redirect_to post_url(@post), status: 301, flash: { updated_post_id: @post.id }
# redirect_to({ action: 'atom' }, alert: "Something serious happened")
#
- # When using <tt>redirect_to :back</tt>, if there is no referrer,
- # <tt>ActionController::RedirectBackError</tt> will be raised. You
- # may specify some fallback behavior for this case by rescuing
- # <tt>ActionController::RedirectBackError</tt>.
def redirect_to(options = {}, response_status = {}) #:doc:
raise ActionControllerError.new("Cannot redirect to nil!") unless options
raise ActionControllerError.new("Cannot redirect to a parameter hash!") if options.is_a?(ActionController::Parameters)
@@ -75,6 +68,26 @@ module ActionController
self.response_body = "<html><body>You are being <a href=\"#{ERB::Util.unwrapped_html_escape(location)}\">redirected</a>.</body></html>"
end
+ # Redirects the browser to the page that issued the request if possible,
+ # otherwise redirects to provided default fallback location.
+ #
+ # redirect_back fallback_location: { action: "show", id: 5 }
+ # redirect_back fallback_location: post
+ # redirect_back fallback_location: "http://www.rubyonrails.org"
+ # redirect_back fallback_location: "/images/screenshot.jpg"
+ # redirect_back fallback_location: articles_url
+ # redirect_back fallback_location: proc { edit_post_url(@post) }
+ #
+ # All options that can be passed to <tt>redirect_to</tt> are accepted as
+ # options and the behavior is indetical.
+ def redirect_back(fallback_location:, **args)
+ if referer = request.headers["Referer"]
+ redirect_to referer, **args
+ else
+ redirect_to fallback_location, **args
+ end
+ end
+
def _compute_redirect_to_location(request, options) #:nodoc:
case options
# The scheme name consist of a letter followed by any combination of
@@ -87,6 +100,12 @@ module ActionController
when String
request.protocol + request.host_with_port + options
when :back
+ ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn(<<-MESSAGE.squish)
+ `redirect_to :back` is deprecated and will be removed from Rails 5.1.
+ Please use `redirect_back(fallback_location: fallback_location)` where
+ `fallback_location` represents the location to use if the request has
+ no HTTP referer information.
+ MESSAGE
request.headers["Referer"] or raise RedirectBackError
when Proc
_compute_redirect_to_location request, options.call
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
index 631ff7d02a..21dfd9cd03 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/redirect_test.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class RedirectController < ActionController::Base
redirect_to :back, :status => 307
end
+ def redirect_back_with_status
+ redirect_back(fallback_location: "/things/stuff", status: 307)
+ end
+
def host_redirect
redirect_to :action => "other_host", :only_path => false, :host => 'other.test.host'
end
@@ -187,7 +191,11 @@ class RedirectTest < ActionController::TestCase
def test_redirect_to_back_with_status
@request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = "http://www.example.com/coming/from"
- get :redirect_to_back_with_status
+
+ assert_deprecated do
+ get :redirect_to_back_with_status
+ end
+
assert_response 307
assert_equal "http://www.example.com/coming/from", redirect_to_url
end
@@ -236,7 +244,11 @@ class RedirectTest < ActionController::TestCase
def test_redirect_to_back
@request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = "http://www.example.com/coming/from"
- get :redirect_to_back
+
+ assert_deprecated do
+ get :redirect_to_back
+ end
+
assert_response :redirect
assert_equal "http://www.example.com/coming/from", redirect_to_url
end
@@ -244,10 +256,32 @@ class RedirectTest < ActionController::TestCase
def test_redirect_to_back_with_no_referer
assert_raise(ActionController::RedirectBackError) {
@request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = nil
+
+ assert_deprecated do
+ get :redirect_to_back
+ end
+
get :redirect_to_back
}
end
+ def test_redirect_back
+ referer = "http://www.example.com/coming/from"
+ @request.env["HTTP_REFERER"] = referer
+
+ get :redirect_back_with_status
+
+ assert_response 307
+ assert_equal referer, redirect_to_url
+ end
+
+ def test_redirect_back_with_no_referer
+ get :redirect_back_with_status
+
+ assert_response 307
+ assert_equal "http://test.host/things/stuff", redirect_to_url
+ end
+
def test_redirect_to_record
with_routing do |set|
set.draw do
diff --git a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
index 7e43ba375a..6c622a3643 100644
--- a/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
+++ b/guides/source/action_controller_overview.md
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
def user_not_authorized
flash[:error] = "You don't have access to this section."
- redirect_to :back
+ redirect_back(fallback_location: root_path)
end
end
diff --git a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
index 71cc030f6a..4bb364c0f8 100644
--- a/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
+++ b/guides/source/layouts_and_rendering.md
@@ -622,10 +622,13 @@ Another way to handle returning responses to an HTTP request is with `redirect_t
redirect_to photos_url
```
-You can use `redirect_to` with any arguments that you could use with `link_to` or `url_for`. There's also a special redirect that sends the user back to the page they just came from:
+You can use `redirect_back` to return the user to the page they just came from.
+This location is pulled from the `HTTP_REFERER` header which is not guaranteed
+to be set by the browser, so you must provide the `fallback_location`
+to use in this case.
```ruby
-redirect_to :back
+redirect_back(fallback_location: root_path)
```
#### Getting a Different Redirect Status Code