[ovirt-devel] Important change in UI plugins REST API integration

[Yaniv Dary]

Does this affect any 3rd parties that implemented UI plugins?
Will they need to change anything or is this change more a behaviour change only?



Yaniv

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vojtech Szocs" <vszocs at redhat.com>
> To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl at redhat.com>
> Cc: devel at ovirt.org
> Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:12:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] Important change in UI plugins	REST	API	integration
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl at redhat.com>
> > To: "Sven Kieske" <s.kieske at mittwald.de>
> > Cc: devel at ovirt.org
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 9:43:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] Important change in UI plugins REST	API
> > 	integration
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sven Kieske" <s.kieske at mittwald.de>
> > > To: devel at ovirt.org
> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 2, 2014 10:41:00 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] Important change in UI plugins REST API
> > > 	integration
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 01/12/14 20:26, Vojtech Szocs wrote:
> > > > In other words, usability of REST session ID is now strictly
> > > > scoped to GUI user being authenticated. If the user logs in,
> > > > (always) new REST session ID will be passed to all UI plugins.
> > > > If the user logs out, REST session ID will not work anymore.
> > > 
> > > What if I use just REST for logging in and doing something
> > > without any GUI interaction at all?
> 
> This announcement was about UI plugins in WebAdmin. If you use
> Engine REST API without any GUI interaction involved, you aren't
> affected in any way.
> 
> > > 
> > > this reads a little like: you always need an open web gui
> > > to be able to use REST, which does not make sense at all.
> 
> Sorry if my email confused you. It should read like: if you're
> an author of oVirt UI plugin for WebAdmin, please beware that
> REST API session ID (automatically acquired by UI plugin infra
> on behalf of all UI plugins) will not work after GUI logout.
> 
> > 
> > If you provide your own credentials nothing changed.
> > 
> > The change is only effecting RESTAPI usage within the user interface using
> > the credentials obtained interactively from the user within login page.
> > 
> > > So I guess I'm misreading this?
> > > 
> > > --
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> > > 
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