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This module provides shortcut routes for accessing glimpse functionality and user authentication.
- GET
/login
- User-specific login redirect with auto-registration - GET
/thanks
- New user welcome page - GET
/:id
- Get page data by ID (equivalent to/views/glimpse/:id
)
- Requires user authentication via
authCheck
middleware - Same authentication requirements as the original
/views/glimpse/:id
route
Provides personalized redirect functionality for authenticated users with automatic user registration.
- User must be authenticated (Google OAuth via LastLogin)
- System extracts user's email from authentication context
- Queries
GLANCE_DEMOS_DB_ID
database for user's record - If user found: Extracts redirect URL and redirects to personal URL
- If user not found: Creates new user record and redirects to
/thanks
The GLANCE_DEMOS_DB_ID
database must contain:
- Email property: User's email address (exact match with authenticated email)
- URL property: User's redirect URL (optional for new users)
- Property names:
URL
,Link
,Redirect URL
,Demo URL
,url
,link
- Property types:
url
,rich_text
,title
- User creation fails: Shows access denied HTML page with technical details
- Missing URL: Returns JSON error with debugging information
- Invalid URL: Returns JSON error with validation details
- Database errors: Returns JSON error with technical details
GLANCE_DEMOS_DB_ID
- Required Notion database ID for user lookup
Welcome page for newly registered users explaining next steps.
- Confirms successful account creation
- Shows user's registered email address
- Explains admin review process
- Provides timeline expectations (1-2 business days)
- Includes support contact information
- Requires authentication (redirects to dashboard if not authenticated)
- Typically accessed via redirect from
/login
after user creation
id
(string, required) - The Notion page ID to retrieve
Returns JSON response with page data from Notion API, with button properties filtered out.
This module provides multiple access patterns:
- Auto-registration:
/glimpse/login
- Personalized user redirect with automatic signup - Welcome flow:
/glimpse/thanks
- New user onboarding - Data access:
/glimpse/{page-id}
- Shortcut to/views/glimpse/{page-id}
The login route transforms the user experience from "access denied" to "welcome, you're registered" for new users.