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[[core-urlProperties]]
== URL Properties

The table shows configurable URL-related properties.

.URL-related Properties
[cols="30,30,40"]
|====================
| *Property* | *Default Value* | *Meaning*

|apf.filterProcessesUrl
|"`/login/authenticate`"
|Login form post URL, intercepted by Spring Security filter

|apf.usernameParameter
|"`username`"
|Login form username parameter

|apf.passwordParameter
|"`password`"
|Login form password parameter

|apf.allowSessionCreation
|`true`
|Whether to allow authentication to create an HTTP session

|apf.postOnly
|`true`
|Whether to allow only POST login requests

|apf.continueChainBefore SuccessfulAuthentication
|`false`
|whether to continue calling subsequent filters in the filter chain

|apf.storeLastUsername
|`false`
|Whether to store the login username in the HTTP session

|failureHandler.defaultFailureUrl
|"`/login/authfail?login_error=1`"
|Redirect URL for failed logins

|failureHandler.ajaxAuthFailUrl
|"`/login/authfail?ajax=true`"
|Redirect URL for failed Ajax logins

|failureHandler.exceptionMappings
|_none_
|Map of exception class name (subclass of {apidocs}org/springframework/security/core/AuthenticationException.html[AuthenticationException]) to which the URL will redirect for that exception type after authentication failure

|failureHandler.useForward
|`false`
|Whether to render the error page (`true`) or redirect (`false`)

|failureHandler.allowSessionCreation
|`true`
|Whether to enable session creation to store the authentication failure exception

|successHandler.defaultTargetUrl
|"`/`"
|Default post-login URL if there is no saved request that triggered the login

|successHandler.alwaysUseDefault
|`false`
|If `true`, always redirects to the value of `successHandler.defaultTargetUrl` after successful authentication; otherwise redirects to to originally-requested page

|successHandler.targetUrlParameter
|"`spring-security-redirect`"
|Name of optional login form parameter that specifies destination after successful login

|successHandler.useReferer
|`false`
|Whether to use the HTTP `Referer` header to determine post-login destination

|successHandler.ajaxSuccessUrl
|"`/login/ajaxSuccess`"
|URL for redirect after successful Ajax login

|auth.loginFormUrl
|"`/login/auth`"
|URL of login page

|auth.forceHttps
|`false`
|If `true`, redirects login page requests to HTTPS

|auth.ajaxLoginFormUrl
|"`/login/authAjax`"
|URL of Ajax login page

|auth.useForward
|`false`
|Whether to render the login page (`true`) or redirect (`false`)

|logout.afterLogoutUrl
|"`/`"
|URL for redirect after logout

|logout.filterProcessesUrl
|"`/logoff`"
|Logout URL, intercepted by Spring Security filter

|logout.handlerNames
|`['rememberMeServices', 'securityContextLogoutHandler']`
|Logout handler bean names. See <<core-logoutHandlers>>

|logout.clearAuthentication
|`true`
|If `true` removes the `Authentication` from the `SecurityContext` to prevent issues with concurrent requests

|logout.invalidateHttpSession
|`true`
|Whether to invalidate the HTTP session when logging out

|logout.targetUrlParameter
|_none_
|the querystring parameter name for the post-logout URL

|logout.alwaysUseDefaultTargetUrl
|`false`
|whether to always use the `afterLogoutUrl` as the post-logout URL

|logout.redirectToReferer
|`false`
|whether to use the `Referer` header value as the post-logout URL

|logout.postOnly
|`true`
|If `true` only POST requests will be allowed to logout

|adh.errorPage
|"`/login/denied`"
|Location of the 403 error page (or set to `null` to send a 403 error and not render a page)

|adh.ajaxErrorPage
|"`/login/ajaxDenied`"
|Location of the 403 error page for Ajax requests

|adh.useForward
|`true`
|If `true` a forward will be used to render the error page, otherwise a redirect is used

|ajaxHeader
|"`X-Requested-With`"
|Header name sent by Ajax library, used to detect Ajax

|ajaxCheckClosure
|_none_
|An optional closure that can determine if a request is Ajax

|redirectStrategy.contextRelative
|`false`
|If `true`, the redirect URL will be the value after the request context path. This results in the loss of protocol information (HTTP or HTTPS), so causes problems if a redirect is being performed to change from HTTP to HTTPS or vice versa

|switchUser URLs
|
|See <<core-switchUser>>, under *Customizing URLs*

|fii.alwaysReauthenticate
|`false`
|If `true`, re-authenticates when there is a `Authentication` in the `SecurityContext`

|fii.rejectPublicInvocations
|`true`
|Disallow URL access when there is no request mapping

|fii.validateConfigAttributes
|`true`
|Whether to check that all `ConfigAttribute` instances are valid at startup

|fii.publishAuthorizationSuccess
|`false`
|Whether to publish an `AuthorizedEvent` after successful access check

|fii.observeOncePerRequest
|`true`
|If `false` allow checks to happen multiple times, for example when JSP forwards are being used and filter security is desired on each included fragment of the HTTP request
|====================
