added support for setting a preffered starting space each user indivi…

…dually, closes #461

src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/ScooldConfig.java

@@ -1807,6 +1807,14 @@ public String autoAssignSpaces() {
 		return getConfigParam("auto_assign_spaces", "");
 	}
 
+	@Documented(position = 1681,
+			identifier = "default_starting_space",
+			category = "Spaces",
+			description = "The starting space to be selected for all users upon sign in.")
+	public String defaultStartingSpace() {
+		return getConfigParam("default_starting_space", "");
+	}
+
 	@Documented(position = 1690,
 			identifier = "reset_spaces_on_new_assignment",
 			value = "true",

src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/controllers/ProfileController.java

@@ -414,6 +414,24 @@ public String toggleEditorRole(HttpServletRequest req, Model model) {
 		return "redirect:" + HttpUtils.getBackToUrl(req, true);
 	}
 
+	@PostMapping("/{id}/set-preferred-space")
+	public String setPreferredSpace(@PathVariable String id, @RequestParam String preferredSpace,
+			HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res, Model model) {
+		Profile authUser = utils.getAuthUser(req);
+		Profile showUser = getProfileForEditing(id, authUser);
+		if (authUser != null && !StringUtils.isBlank(preferredSpace) &&
+				StringUtils.equalsAny(authUser.getGroups(), User.Groups.ADMINS.toString(), User.Groups.MODS.toString())) {
+			showUser.setPreferredSpace(preferredSpace);
+			showUser.update();
+		}
+		if (utils.isAjaxRequest(req)) {
+			res.setStatus(200);
+			return "base";
+		} else {
+			return "redirect:" + HttpUtils.getBackToUrl(req, true);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private String changeEmail(User u, Profile showUser, String email) {
 		boolean approvedDomain = utils.isEmailDomainApproved(email);
 		if (approvedDomain && canChangeEmail(u, email)) {

src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/controllers/SigninController.java

@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public String signup(@RequestParam String name, @RequestParam String email, @Req
 			if (!isEmailRegistered(email) && approvedDomain && isSubmittedByHuman(req) && goodPass) {
 				User u = pc.signIn("password", email + ":" + name + ":" + passw, false);
 				if (u != null && u.getActive()) {
-					setAuthCookie(u.getPassword(), req, res);
+					setAuthCookie(u, req, res);
 					triggerLoginEvent(u, req);
 					return "redirect:" + getBackToUrl(req);
 				} else {
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ private String loginWithIdToken(String jwt, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletR
 	private String onAuthSuccess(User u, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) {
 		if (u != null && utils.isEmailDomainApproved(u.getEmail())) {
 			// the user password in this case is a Bearer token (JWT)
-			setAuthCookie(u.getPassword(), req, res);
+			setAuthCookie(u, req, res);
 			triggerLoginEvent(u, req);
 			return "redirect:" + getBackToUrl(req);
 		} else if (u != null && !utils.isEmailDomainApproved(u.getEmail())) {

src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/core/Profile.java

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public class Profile extends Sysprop {
 	@Stored private List<Map<String, String>> customBadges;
 	@Stored private String pendingEmail;
 	@Stored private Boolean editorRoleEnabled;
+	@Stored private String preferredSpace;
 
 	private transient String currentSpace;
 	private transient String newbadges;
@@ -368,6 +369,18 @@ public void setFavspaces(Set<String> favspaces) {
 		this.favspaces = favspaces;
 	}
 
+	public String getPreferredSpace() {
+		// returns a preferred staring space upon login
+		if (StringUtils.isBlank(preferredSpace)) {
+			preferredSpace = ScooldUtils.getConfig().defaultStartingSpace();
+		}
+		return preferredSpace;
+	}
+
+	public void setPreferredSpace(String preferredSpace) {
+		this.preferredSpace = preferredSpace;
+	}
+
 	public boolean isModInCurrentSpace() {
 		return isModInSpace(currentSpace);
 	}

src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/utils/HttpUtils.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.erudika.para.core.utils.Utils;
 import com.erudika.scoold.ScooldConfig;
 import static com.erudika.scoold.ScooldServer.HOMEPAGE;
+import com.erudika.scoold.core.Profile;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.Cookie;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@@ -269,15 +270,22 @@ public static void getDefaultAvatarImage(HttpServletResponse res) {
 
 	/**
 	 * Sets the session cookie.
-	 * @param jwt a JWT from Para
+	 * @param authUser auth user
 	 * @param req req
 	 * @param res res
 	 */
-	public static void setAuthCookie(String jwt, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) {
-		if (StringUtils.isBlank(jwt)) {
-			return;
+	public static void setAuthCookie(User authUser, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) {
+		if (!StringUtils.isBlank(authUser.getPassword())) {
+			setRawCookie(CONF.authCookie(), authUser.getPassword(), req, res, "Lax", CONF.sessionTimeoutSec());
+		}
+		try {
+			Profile authu = ScooldUtils.getInstance().getParaClient().read(Profile.id(authUser.getId()));
+			if (authu != null && !StringUtils.isBlank(authu.getPreferredSpace())) {
+				ScooldUtils.getInstance().storeSpaceIdInCookie(authu.getPreferredSpace(), req, res);
+			}
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			logger.error(null, ex);
 		}
-		setRawCookie(CONF.authCookie(), jwt, req, res, "Lax", CONF.sessionTimeoutSec());
 	}
 
 	/**

src/main/java/com/erudika/scoold/utils/ScooldUtils.java

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ public static ScooldConfig getConfig() {
 
 	public static void setParaEndpointAndApiPath(ParaClient pc) {
 		try {
-			URL endpoint = new URL(CONF.paraEndpoint());
+			URL endpoint = new URI(CONF.paraEndpoint()).toURL();
 			if (!StringUtils.isBlank(endpoint.getPath()) && !"/".equals(endpoint.getPath())) {
 				// support Para deployed under a specific context path
 				pc.setEndpoint(StringUtils.removeEnd(CONF.paraEndpoint(), endpoint.getPath()));
@@ -1455,7 +1456,7 @@ public void storeSpaceIdInCookie(String space, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServl
 		// used for setting the space from a direct URL to a particular space
 		req.setAttribute(CONF.spaceCookie(), space);
 		HttpUtils.setRawCookie(CONF.spaceCookie(), Utils.base64encURL(space.getBytes()),
-				req, res, "Strict", StringUtils.isBlank(space) ? 0 : 365 * 24 * 60 * 60);
+				req, res, "Lax", StringUtils.isBlank(space) ? 0 : 365 * 24 * 60 * 60);
 	}
 
 	public String verifyExistingSpace(Profile authUser, String space) {

src/main/resources/static/styles/style.css

@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ img.profile-pic {
 }
 .user-card img.profile-pic, .user-card-compact img.profile-pic {
 	width: 100%;
-	padding: 6px 0px 0px 6px;
+	padding: 6px 0px 0px 7px;
 }
 img.profile-pic:before {
   content: " ";

src/main/resources/templates/profile.vm

@@ -361,6 +361,20 @@
 						<input id="website_text" name="website" type="url" value="$!{showUser.website}">
 					</div>
 
+					#if($isMod && (!$scooldUtils.isMod($showUser) || $isMyProfile))
+						<b>Preferred starting space:</b>
+						<div class="input-field">
+							<i class="fa fa-th-large pvm prefix grey-text"></i>
+							<select name="preferredSpace" >
+								<option value="scooldspace:*" #if($showUser.preferredSpace.isBlank())selected="selected"#end>$!lang.get('allspaces')</option>
+								<option value="scooldspace:default" #if($showUser.preferredSpace == "scooldspace:default")selected="selected"#end>$!lang.get('defaultspace')</option>
+								#foreach($space in $userSpaces)
+								<option value="$space" #if($showUser.preferredSpace == $space)selected="selected"#end>$scooldUtils.getSpaceName($space)</option>
+								#end
+							</select>
+						</div>
+					#end
+
 					<div class="center mtl">
 						<button type="submit" class="btn waves-effect waves-light mhl">$!lang.get('save')</button>
 						<button type="button" class="btn waves-effect waves-light canceledit ${hideview1}">$!{lang.get('close')}</button>