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Description

Overview

Make instance-level RSS feeds available for private instances.

Background

Right now, a private instance locks down access to all posts within the instance. With secret RSS feeds, members of those instances could subscribe to updates on a private WF instance from their favorite RSS reader without additional authentication.

Implementation

For each user, generate an unguessable string to append to feed URLs. Then, accessing http://instance/read/feed/{unique_string} should return the instance's RSS feed, provided:

  • The unique string is valid
  • The user associated with that unique string isn't suspended
  • The user associated with that unique string exists

Event Timeline

matt triaged this task as Wishlist priority.Jan 6 2020, 7:25 PM
matt created this task.
matt moved this task from Restricted Project Column to Restricted Project Column on the Restricted Project board.Jan 17 2020, 8:06 PM