Devise + Omniauth - How to pass extra parameters along?

Question

I have the ability in the app to load /users/auth/facebook to connect to facebook. I want to be able to know where the request came from. Whether it was from a user who is r

Answer 1

If the request is made from different pages in your application, you can examine the request.env['omniauth.origin']. Omniauth saves this variable automatically.

Here is a more detailed explanation

As far as passing custom parameters, I have tried to do this unsuccessfully. The workaround is to store it in the session before going to the provider as explained here.

Hope this helps you.