[aerogear-dev] Authentication endpoints

[Marko Strukelj]

I'm afraid signin / signup are so similar that some percentage of users will mix them up, or is that mix them in :)

- marko 

----- Original Message -----
> I would vote no since IMO login and logout are more common. I would
> be ok with renaming register to signup I guess, but don't see the
> need.
> 
> On Oct 4, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > I guess the question is still, do we want to rename the default
> > endpoint names ?
> > /auth/signup
> > /auth/signin
> > /auth/signout
> > 
> > 
> > I guess that's why Bruno sent the email (regardless if the API has
> > hooks to override or not)
> > 
> > -M
> > 
> > On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Lucas Holmquist
> > <lholmqui at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> On Oct 4, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Kris Borchers <kris at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> 
> >>> On Oct 4, 2012, at 7:51 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholmqui at redhat.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>> even though the URL doesn't matter, we should probably keep the
> >>>> function and endpoint the same, just for consistency and
> >>>> simplicity for the application dev.
> >>> 
> >>> I don't agree. In JS, the endpoint is completely configurable so
> >>> it doesn't matter. The user could have the method register()
> >>> point at /LOOOOOOOOOOOL/BOOM if they wanted to so I don't think
> >>> the method names need to match the endpoints.
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> Thats true,  brain fart
> >> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> and they should be consistent across the lib's so if someone who
> >>>> used aerogear.js decides to become an iOS programmer and uses
> >>>> Aerogear.dmg(or whatever it's called), then they already know
> >>>> the api
> >>> 
> >>> I do agree however that what ever we decide, we should try to be
> >>> consistent in our method naming across libs.
> >>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> -luke
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> On Oct 4, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Matthias Wessendorf
> >>>> <matzew at apache.org> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Bruno Oliveira
> >>>>> <bruno at abstractj.org> wrote:
> >>>>>> Morning guys, I was talking with Matthias this morning about
> >>>>>> our
> >>>>>> authentication endpoints, he brought up a important concern.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Currently we have:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> /auth/register, /auth/login, /auth/logout. The problem here is
> >>>>>> about
> >>>>>> 'register', a reserved word in some programming languages like
> >>>>>> Objective C.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> the endpoint URLs are not an issue (just a URL).
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> But I can't name an iOS/ObjC function 'register'
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> -M
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Alternatives:
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> - Change 'register', to 'registration'
> >>>>>> - Change the endpoints to signin, signout, signup.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Wdyt? Suggestions?
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> "The measure of a man is what he does with power" - Plato
> >>>>>> -
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> >>>>>> -
> >>>>>> Volenti Nihil Difficile
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