In Web2py, how to redirect to another page after user login?

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Anusha Narayan

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Jul 11, 2020, 2:44:58 AM7/11/20

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By default, after a successful login the page directs to "default/index". I want it to redirect to some other page.

This my controller code "user.py"

def login():
    form=auth.login()
    if form.process().accepted:
        redirect(URL('page_1'))
    return dict(form=form)

This is the view code for "user/login":

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container">
        
        <div class="form-container">
     {{=form.custom.begin}}


            <input type="text" name="email" placeholder="email id" class="string" id="auth_user_email" value="" />

        <input placeholder="Password" name="password" class="password" id="auth_user_password" type="password" class="field" value="" />
            <div class="wrap">
                <input name="submit" type="submit" class="btn" value="{{=T('Login')}}" />
                <input name="sign_up" class="btn" type="submit" formaction='/{{=request.application}}/default/user/register' value="{{=T('Sign Up')}}"/>
            </div>
            <input name="Forgot Password" type="submit" class="btn" value="{{=T('Forgot Password')}}" formaction='/{{=request.application}}/default/user/retrieve_password' />
            {{=form.custom.end}}
        </div>
    </div>
    
</body>
</html>

The thing is, when the form is getting processed, it is still redirecting to the page "default/index". I don't know where to change this default setting in the application. The code of my controller is not working properly.

jonatha...@whatho.net

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Jul 11, 2020, 5:39:16 AM7/11/20

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Why are you writing your own login function? What is wrong with the one in Auth (http://web2py.com/books/default/chapter/29/09/access-control#)?

When I have used the Auth facilities, and I want to restrict access to a page, I use the decorater @auth.requires_login() before my controller function (say index()). When a user tries to visit index, they are routed to a login page, after login they are routed to index(), the controller they were trying to visit in the first place.