[Engine-devel] restapi - domains

[Shireesh Anjal]

On 03/07/2013 01:05 PM, Aravinda wrote:
> We can have only two fields in login screen, username and password. 
> Username will include domain name(username at domain).
>
> Default domain name can be "internal" if user didn't enter the domain 
> name as part of username then we can append the default value and 
> validate.
>
> Note: We use username at domain as username when we connect through 
> <rest_api_url>/api

The idea is to *not* have the user type in the domain name, but rather 
let him/her choose one, just like what happens in webadmin. We should 
try and minimize typing as much as possible when it comes to mobile apps.

>
> -- 
> regards
> Aravinda
>
> On 03/07/2013 11:15 AM, Shireesh Anjal wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We are trying to develop a simple android app to monitor and manage 
>> gluster clusters by consuming the restapi exposed by engine. The 
>> first screen is the login screen, which is similar to the webadmin 
>> login screen. Here, we want to populate the combo box of "domains" by 
>> fetching it from the restapi. However, the domains api cannot be 
>> invoked without authentication! So we have a sort of a 
>> chicken-and-egg problem.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to tackle this? I feel the "domains" api 
>> should be "public", in the sense it should not expect authentication.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Shireesh
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