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Add an optional parameter to the API calls to tell who you are #741

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teolemon opened this issue Feb 16, 2017 · 2 comments
Open
Tracked by #5523

Add an optional parameter to the API calls to tell who you are #741

teolemon opened this issue Feb 16, 2017 · 2 comments
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🔐 API auth The API requires auth in order to perform editing.There is a common mechanism & a Robotoff mechanism API READ All READ APIs include Product, Search… API Issues related to the Open Food Facts API. More specific labels exist & should be used (API WRITE…)

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Add an optional parameter to the API calls to tell who you are.
This would let us better understand API usage.
This would be a free text string.
@teolemon teolemon added the API Issues related to the Open Food Facts API. More specific labels exist & should be used (API WRITE…) label Feb 16, 2017
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"who you are" ? like a useragent string? why not use the user field?

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for READ use with authentification, rather than enforcing a mandatory API token

@teolemon teolemon added 🔐 API auth The API requires auth in order to perform editing.There is a common mechanism & a Robotoff mechanism API READ All READ APIs include Product, Search… labels Jul 19, 2021
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@teolemon teolemon moved this to To discuss and validate in 🍊 Open Food Facts Server issues Apr 23, 2024
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