Add 500 and 400, 403, 404 error redirects back to dashboard with basic message

allianceauth/project_template/project_name/urls.py

@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ from allianceauth import urls
 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'', include(urls)),
 ]
+
+handler500 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic500Redirect'
+handler404 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic404Redirect'
+handler403 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic403Redirect'
+handler400 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic400Redirect'

allianceauth/services/modules/discord/tests/test_views.py

@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ class DiscordViewsTestCase(WebTest):
         self.login()
         manager.generate_oauth_redirect_url.return_value = '/example.com/oauth/'
         response = self.app.get('/discord/activate/', auto_follow=False)
-        self.assertRedirects(response, expected_url='/example.com/oauth/', target_status_code=404)
+        self.assertRedirects(
+            response,
+            expected_url="/example.com/oauth/",
+            target_status_code=404,
+            fetch_redirect_response=False,
+        )
 
     @mock.patch(MODULE_PATH + '.tasks.DiscordOAuthManager')
     def test_callback(self, manager):

allianceauth/views.py

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 from django.views.generic.base import View
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.contrib import messages
 
 
 class NightModeRedirectView(View):
-    SESSION_VAR = 'NIGHT_MODE'
+    SESSION_VAR = "NIGHT_MODE"
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         request.session[self.SESSION_VAR] = not self.night_mode_state(request)
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(request.GET.get('next', '/'))
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(request.GET.get("next", "/"))
 
     @classmethod
     def night_mode_state(cls, request):
@@ -17,3 +19,39 @@ class NightModeRedirectView(View):
             # Session is middleware
             # Sometimes request wont have a session attribute
             return False
+
+
+def Generic500Redirect(request):
+    messages.error(
+        request,
+        "Auth encountered an error processing your request, please try again. "
+        "If the error persists, please contact the administrators. (500 Internal Server Error)",
+    )
+    return redirect("authentication:dashboard")
+
+
+def Generic404Redirect(request, exception):
+    messages.error(
+        request,
+        "Page does not exist. If you believe this is in error please contact the administrators. "
+        "(404 Page Not Found)",
+    )
+    return redirect("authentication:dashboard")
+
+
+def Generic403Redirect(request, exception):
+    messages.error(
+        request,
+        "You do not have permission to access the requested page. "
+        "If you believe this is in error please contact the administrators. (403 Permission Denied)",
+    )
+    return redirect("authentication:dashboard")
+
+
+def Generic400Redirect(request, exception):
+    messages.error(
+        request,
+        "Auth encountered an error processing your request, please try again. "
+        "If the error persists, please contact the administrators. (400 Bad Request)",
+    )
+    return redirect("authentication:dashboard")

tests/urls.py

@@ -12,4 +12,7 @@ urlpatterns += [
     url(r'^second-page/$', views.page, name='p1'),
 ]
 
-
+handler500 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic500Redirect'
+handler404 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic404Redirect'
+handler403 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic403Redirect'
+handler400 = 'allianceauth.views.Generic400Redirect'