From 1570fbf702e23eb595f2aa82784eb6d8cba72c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Naomi the Technomancer <commits@nhcarrigan.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 20:52:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat: gracefully redirect root path in development only
 (#55403)

Co-authored-by: Oliver Eyton-Williams <ojeytonwilliams@gmail.com>
---
 api-server/src/server/index.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/api-server/src/server/index.js b/api-server/src/server/index.js
index 8e2cb426b16..15a4f686bea 100644
--- a/api-server/src/server/index.js
+++ b/api-server/src/server/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const morgan = require('morgan');
 
 const { sentry } = require('../../config/secrets');
 const { setupPassport } = require('./component-passport');
+const { getRedirectParams } = require('./utils/redirection.js');
 
 const log = createDebugger('fcc:server');
 const reqLogFormat = ':date[iso] :status :method :response-time ms - :url';
@@ -82,6 +83,14 @@ app.start = _.once(function () {
   });
 });
 
+if (process.env.FREECODECAMP_NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+  app.get('/', (req, res) => {
+    log('Mounting dev root redirect...');
+    const { origin } = getRedirectParams(req);
+    res.redirect(origin);
+  });
+}
+
 if (sentry.dsn === 'dsn_from_sentry_dashboard') {
   log('Sentry reporting disabled unless DSN is provided.');
 } else {