SSO registration page strips anchor from URL when redirects
Background: Our community is private, so all users who view it are signed in with SSO. To participate (vote/reply/etc.), users must choose a username.
The Problem: When we send users to the SSO page with a dest_url including an anchor tag, the anchor tag is stripped. (This is part of a workaround where we send users to the sso registration page manually when they click "Vote" on an idea, because the default Lithium behavior was to disable the action.)
For example, when users are on the SSO registration page, they are at this URL:
Once users choose a username, they are redirected to:
https://community.stage.fitbit.com/t5/Share-Your-Story/MY-EYES-HURT/m-p/717
The #M33 anchor on the end is missing! How do we make the anchor tag stay when the SSO page is redirecting to the dest_url value?
Thanks!
hi iftomkins
Afraid it's not possible. if I understand correctly, the browser will not send the URL fragment to server
Here's a quote from:
https://blog.httpwatch.com/2011/03/01/6-things-you-should-know-about-fragment-urls/
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2. Fragments Are not Sent in HTTP Request Messages
If you try using fragment URLs in an HTTP sniffer like HttpWatch, you’ll never see the fragment IDs in the requested URL or Referer header. The reason is that the fragment identifier is only used by the browser – it doesn’t affect which resource is returned from the server.
"
Since the Server never gets the URL fragment ID, it will not be able to redirect with any fragment ID
