Change WDK guest user creation mechanism
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Java
- Stars
- 1
- Forks
- 4
- Avg merge
- 1m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
WDK has a Jersey filter that ensures there is always a user present for service request methods to use. If no registered user is logged in, this serves as a persistent guest user (attached to the session). Since the conversion to a client/service architecture, this method of providing users is overkill since not all services (in fact, many services) require a user or are user-agnostic (i.e. could use the "system user".
We should rework WDK to work more like our new service architecture, letting specific endpoints declare whether they need a user or not. This issue is to track ideas around this concept and may be related to the goal of factoring user authentication into a bearer token model, where WDK would simply be one of many services that respect VEuPathDB bearer tokens. It may even be a contributing reason to move WDK to the new service framework.
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the Jersey filter that creates the persistent guest user and compare it with the newer service architecture. The issue needs an agreed design for endpoint-specific user requirements and the possible bearer-token model before implementation can be considered done.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- authentication, backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100