galaxyproject / galaxyproject/galaxy
Anonymous user creation via API
- Dominant language
- Python
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Description
It would be great if there was a setting to allow anonymous users to be created via POST /api/users. It can be optional in the galaxy config.
It also would be great to have a request param that causes an api key to be returned with the response to save a second request to /api/authentication.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing the POST /api/users entry point and how Galaxy configuration settings are defined and read. Then inspect /api/authentication to understand the existing API-key flow. Done means an optional configuration permits anonymous user creation and an optional request parameter returns an API key in the creation response, with behavior covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, authentication, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100