Yes this would work. What I meant by (it cannot be done) is that if you call a function that returns json and that function returns a string containing a url, it is not obvious that is supposed to be a redirection. You need some logic client side.
I guess it depends on what haggis is trying to do. Massimo On Nov 2, 2:53 pm, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, November 2, 2011 2:36:53 PM UTC-4, haggis wrote: > > > Hello, > > is it possible to return json to the calling jQuery.ajax() function > > after access was denied by decorator @auth.requires_login()? > > > I know there is a possibility to specify a function when authorization/ > > authentication failed with > > auth.settings.on_failed_authentication = myFunc and > > auth.settings.on_failed_authorization = myFunc > > > I put this two lines in model db.py. However, I don't know how to just > > return json containing a url to which the user should be redirected. > > Maybe your on_failed_authorization function could do: > > raise HTTP(200, 'your_url') > > Anthony
