I am learning web development and implementing the login functionality. I have a rest service which generates a unique token for each user which logs in. Now I had one issue if I log in one tab and go to homepage and if I go to another tab, instead of getting redirected to home page I was getting redirected to log in page again in the new tab. Ideally, if I go to another tab I should get redirected to home page. It happened because I was saving unique token in session storage. But I realized that session storage is per tab basis so now I am saving the token received from Rest service in local storage.
Below is what I did:
Before redirecting to login page I am checking if token exist in local storage
if((localStorage.getItem('p_kt')))
window.location = "pages/firstDashboard.html";
If token does not exists normal login code runs and I get the token from REST Service
localStorage.setItem('p_kt', self.get('tokenProp'));
Also, when some one logs out I do:
localStorage.clear();
So everything seems to be working now. But I doubt its the right way to fix the issue. Can someone guide me. Is it okey to keep token in local storage.
