3 Replies Latest reply on Jul 31, 2014 2:07 PM by chris.wilkinson.csa

Forcing an Addon to have a specific ClientID and Secret

chris.wilkinson.csa Jul 25, 2014 9:36 AM

Hi guys,

Is it possible to force an addon to have a particular ClientID and Secret?

Our use case is a bit of a composition. We have a traditional addon with three apps. We also have an external module running on an SAP server which uses the X-Jive-ClientID header when hitting Jive's V3 API so that it can access/share extended properties used by our apps.

We've noticed that uninstalling then re-installing our addon gives it a new ClientID and Secret - which breaks our external module because it relies on a static ClientID. Being able to break our entire configuration by uninstalling/re-installing our addon is a big liability. We've noticed that we can simply install a new version of our addon over-top of an old version and it will keep the same ClientID. Still, someone may uninstall/re-install accidentally a year down the road in Production and cause headaches.

I could probably write a plugin that adds a form to the Apps section of the admin console that allows me to set the ClientID & Secret of an addon. Is that the best approach? Is there anything OOTB that would be of use?

Any feedback is appreciated.

Chris

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Re: Forcing an Addon to have a specific ClientID and Secret

Robert Hanson Jul 25, 2014 10:33 AM (in response to chris.wilkinson.csa)

Yes, see Same Add-On's ClienId/SecretKey for multiple networks.

...We are still waiting to hear the solution though.
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  chris.wilkinson.csa Jul 25, 2014 10:40 AM (in response to Robert Hanson)
  
  Thank you Robert Hanson, I'm following that discussion now. Hopefully it's something we can leverage as well.
  
  Chris
  
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    chris.wilkinson.csa Jul 31, 2014 2:07 PM (in response to chris.wilkinson.csa)
    
    Robert Hanson I just had a chat with Nils Heuer and he showed me how to do this.
    
    In your Addon's meta.json you can specify the following undocumented properties:
    "client_id": "whatever-you-want",
    "client_secret": "also-whatever-you-want"
    
    You can uninstall the Addon completely then install it again (or install on a different Jive Instance) and it will have the same ClientID/Secret. The Addon does not need to be in the global registry.
    
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