Redirect to jsp file in WEB-INF using Ajax

Question

I'm using ajax to submit login form details in my web app. If username and password are correct, i need to redirect user to home.jsp page in web-inf folder.

I have tried with requestdispatcher and it not worked.

Also tried as json.put("url", "/WEB-INF/home.jsp"); in my servlet and window.location = json.url; in javascript and it also not worked.

My Script

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    $('#user-login-form').submit(function() {

        var postdata = $('#user-login-form').serialize();

        $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: 'login',
            data: postdata,
            dataType: 'json',
            success: function(json) {

              if(json.errorMessage != '') {
                      alert(json.errorMessage);
              }else{
                  // redirect to jsp file in web-inf
              }                 
            }
        });
        return false;
    });
});

Part of my Servlet code

if (username.equals("admin") && password.equals("pass")) {

    // in here, i need to redirect user to home.jsp page in web-inf folder

} else {
    json.put("errorMessage", "Invalid username or password");
}

How can i do this ?

Answer 1

You can redirect user to only publicly available resources,

anything inside WEB-INF isn't publicly accessible , you might want to redirect user to a servlet from where you can forward request to your home.jsp inside WEB-INF