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pouchdb-community / pouchdb-dump-cli

Command-line tool for dumping a CouchDB/PouchDB database to a file
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(#4) - Support Cookies #5

Closed ddouglascarr closed 9 years ago

ddouglascarr commented 9 years ago

Adds cookie support. You can specify the cookie on the command line with the -c or --cookie flag.

nolanlawson commented 9 years ago

Cool, thanks!

nolanlawson commented 9 years ago

Wait, quick question: are there any cases where you would need cookies as opposed to HTTP authentication like http://username:password@mysite.com? Both Cloudant and CouchDB support either, so it feels cleaner to just support HTTP in this CLI.

ddouglascarr commented 9 years ago

The reason I use it is because I made a password storage system that starts a couchDB auth session and returns a cookie. I run the cli nightly, and didn't want to give the process direct access to the password.

nolanlawson commented 9 years ago

This sounds like a very specialized use case. I'm not really convinced that it makes sense to add it to this CLI.

Also at some point your server is sending a password to CouchDB (in order to get the cookie back), so does this really increase security any more than just sending the password directly from the CLI process? Not trying to play "gotcha," just genuinely curious here.