matrix-org / matrix-org/matrix.to
Embed links to third party identities with rel="me" for cross verification.
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- JavaScript
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Description
E.g. GitHub allows you to link a URL in your profile (like so: https://github.com/Half-Shot) which shows up as a
`https://mastodon.half-shot.uk/@halfy`
This is handy because on the other service it can cross reference your ownership of the identity, like so:
Obviously this kind of thing is tricky to support in matrix.to because:
- We still don't have a way to set arbitrary profile keys ( e.g. https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/1769 )
- If we used ^, we'd need a way to fetch state while being unauthenticated and in a fairly cache friendly manner.
Contributor guide
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 implementation file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing the issue's constraints and the linked Matrix profile-key proposal, then determine how matrix.to could expose rel="me" links while supporting unauthenticated, cache-friendly state; done criteria are not specified beyond cross-verification support.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github, html
- Domain
- authentication, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100