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UI flow: have Collector generate collector credentials, provide them to Divvi Up

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Dominant language
Rust
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5
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Description

An idea from today's planning meeting: today, we will expect users to generate their collector credentials via a CLI tool. Another approach that would work would be to expect the Collector to generate & store these credentials, and use Divvi Up's API to communicate these credentials.

Some thoughts:

  • Initial implementation could be by the already-existing API tokens -- this would work today, but requires the person configuring the Collector to provide this one token. An easier flow may be possible via OAuth, but this would require implementation work.
  • Ideally, this would be something we could document well enough that non-DU-authored Collectors could use the flow, too.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing CLI-based credential flow, the Collector, and the Divvi Up API, including the current API-token approach. Decide whether the first implementation should use API tokens or OAuth, then define the credential generation, storage, communication, and documentation flow for non-DU-authored Collectors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
api, authentication, documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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