Feature to allow the submission url to be overridden for custom pages.

Jira: RCT-429

Author: Rose Reatherford

src/core/janeway_global_settings.py

@@ -567,6 +567,9 @@ def __len__(self):
 HIJACK_USERS_ENABLED = False
 HIJACK_LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/manager/"
 
+# Allows you to create your own submission page at `/start/submit` with the name `submission_start`.
+HIJACK_SUBMISSION_ENABLED = False
+
 
 # OIDC
 ENABLE_OIDC = bool(os.environ.get("ENABLE_OIDC", False))

src/submission/urls.py

@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 __license__ = "AGPL v3"
 __maintainer__ = "Birkbeck Centre for Technology and Publishing"
 from django.urls import re_path
+from django.conf import settings
+from utils.logger import get_logger
 
 from submission import views
 
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
 urlpatterns = [
-    re_path(r"^start/$", views.start, name="submission_start"),
-    re_path(r"^(?P<type>[-\w.]+)/start/$", views.start, name="submission_start"),
     re_path(r"^(?P<article_id>\d+)/info/$", views.submit_info, name="submit_info"),
     re_path(
         r"^(?P<article_id>\d+)/authors/$", views.submit_authors, name="submit_authors"
@@ -108,3 +110,12 @@
         name="submission_licenses_id",
     ),
 ]
+
+if not settings.HIJACK_SUBMISSION_ENABLED:
+    try:
+        urlpatterns += [
+            re_path(r"^start/$", views.start, name="submission_start"),
+            re_path(r"^(?P<type>[-\w.]+)/start/$", views.start, name="submission_start"),
+        ]
+    except AttributeError:
+        logger.warning("Could not import default submission views.")