python - The "next" parameter, redirect, django.contrib.auth.login

Question

I'm trying to redirect users to custom url "/gallery/(username)/" after successfully logging in. It currently redirects to the default "/account/profile/" url While I know what I can override the redirect url in my settings.py, my url is dynamic thus it will not work.

Documentation states that I need to use the "next" parameter and context processors. I have the {{next}} in my template, but I'm confused on how to actually pass the "/gallery/(username)". Any help would be greatly appreciated.

p.s: I'm trying to steer away from writing my own login view.

Answer 1

Django's login view django.contrib.auth.views.login accepts a dictionary named extra_context. The values in the dictionary are directly passed to the template. So you can use that to set the next parameter. Once that is done, you can set a hidden field with name next and value {{ next }} so that it gets rendered in the template.