get post data after submitting User Profile Form for success message

Question

After a logged-in user updates their profile on the front end, I'd like to redirect them to the same page but show a success message. I believe I can do this with craft.request.getPost() but it's not working for me. Code below:

<input type="hidden" name="test" value="xyz">

and then

{% set success = craft.request.getPost('test') %}
{% if success %}
    Success message
{% endif %}

I can see "test" in my dev tools network tab but can't seem to access it.

Answer 1

Not possible – any input values added to your profile editing form (such as test in your case) will be included in the POST request to the users/saveUser controller action, but they won't actually be included in the redirect request back to the page (or to whatever URL is in your form's hidden redirect input).

As a workaround you can always check for the Flash notice that the UsersController sets after the user is successfully saved:

{% if craft.session.getFlash('notice') == 'User saved.'|t %}
    <p>Success message!</p>
{% endif %}