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timwis / enviar

Chat interface for SMS / text messages

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Switch to another database engine #70

Closed timwis closed 7 years ago

timwis commented 8 years ago

What's missing from CouchDB:

Password reset functionality
Invite user functionality
Login via another provider (oauth), which may make 1 irrelevant
The only real provider is Cloudant. They have a free tier so long as you don't exceed $50/mo, but require you to have a credit card after 30 days.

Considering firebase, kinto, horizon+rethink

timwis commented 8 years ago

Firebase approach:

Account creation: Admins can create users in the UI. createUserWithEmailAndPassword with a random password, then sendPasswordResetEmail. Also create a record in agents with their new uid.
Forgot password: sendPasswordResetEmail + confirmPasswordReset
Login: messages has a .read/.write rule that requires a record exist inside agents or admins with the uid as its key (explanation)

timwis commented 8 years ago

I wonder... What if I just wrote the password reset functionality? Could use that for account activations. Maybe the gap there is narrower than switching everything to firebase.

timwis commented 7 years ago

Wrote the password reset functionality, so closing for now.