{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291406219", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291406219, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M-UuL", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T02:19:54Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T02:59:52Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I'm going to split the remaining work into separate issues:\r\n\r\n - [x] #1856\r\n - [ ] #1855\r\n", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291431132", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291431132, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M-azc", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T02:59:50Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T02:59:50Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Documentation: https://docs.datasette.io/en/1.0-dev/authentication.html#api-tokens", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291397623", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291397623, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M-Sn3", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T02:11:40Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T02:11:40Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Built a prototype of the `actor_from_request()` hook for this and now:\r\n\r\n```\r\n% curl http://127.0.0.1:8001/-/actor.json -H 'Authorization: Bearer dstok_eyJhIjoicm9vdCIsImUiOm51bGx9.6O1OxgNTFkAU6uw7xNcmXYX949A'\r\n{\"actor\": {\"id\": \"root\", \"dstok\": true}}\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291392887", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291392887, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M-Rd3", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T02:04:48Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T02:04:48Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Implemented that `dstok_` prefix and the thing where only the `actor[\"id\"]` is copied to the `\"a\"` field.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291290451", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291290451, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M94dT", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:49:56Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:49:56Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Prefix: `dstok_` - for Datasette signed token.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291289369", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291289369, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M94MZ", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:47:46Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:47:46Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "The tokens also need something that can be used to differentiate them from alternative token mechanisms that other plugins might provide.\r\n\r\nMaybe a prefix before the signed value.\r\n\r\nPrefixes are also useful for scanning to check they were not accidentally committed to source control.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291272280", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291272280, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M90BY", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:16:09Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:46:21Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Other options:\r\n\r\n- `--setting default_api_tokens off`\r\n- `--setting signed_api_tokens off`\r\n- `--setting allow_create_token off`\r\n\r\nThese feel inconsistent because they don't use the `allow_` prefix - but they're also a bit less ugly to look at.\r\n\r\nI like that last one.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291281243", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291281243, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M92Nb", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:32:21Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:32:21Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Rather than duplicating the entire actor into the \"a\" field, maybe just copy the actor ID?\r\n\r\nWould need to restrict token creation to just actors with an ID set.\r\n", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291277913", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291277913, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M91ZZ", "user": {"value": 4399499, "label": "ocdtrekkie"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:26:11Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:26:11Z", "author_association": "NONE", "body": "> On that basis, I think the model described above where tokens mainly work to provide an \"act on behalf of this actor\" - but with optional additional constraints - is a good one.\n\nThis is what we do for Sandstorm essentially and I fully agree it's the right way to do API tokens in multiuser systems.\n\nConstraints will definitely be important though. I know I want a token to submit error reports programmatically, but I wouldn't want that token to convey my right to delete tables and records, Little Bobby Tables is out there somewhere, and he's all grown up now.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291274835", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291274835, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M90pT", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:20:48Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:22:26Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Tests failed because I added a view without also adding documentation!\r\n\r\nI forgot that the deploy still goes out for branches other than `main` even if the tests aren't passing:\r\n https://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/c7dd76c26257ded5bcdfd0570e12412531b8b88f/.github/workflows/deploy-latest.yml#L34-L38", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291273609", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291273609, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M90WJ", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:18:40Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:18:40Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Another thought about tokens that can act on behalf of the user.\r\n\r\nImagine a user has permission to access a table. They create a token that can create that table... but then their permission is revoked. It would be bad if they could still use that token they created earlier to access that table!\r\n\r\nOn that basis, I think the model described above where tokens mainly work to provide an \"act on behalf of this actor\" - but with optional additional constraints - is a good one.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291272612", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291272612, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M90Gk", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:16:53Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:16:53Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Next step: make these tokens actually do something.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291272414", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291272414, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M90De", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:16:28Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:16:28Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "If I'm going to change the naming conventions for settings I should do it before Datasette 1.0.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291271580", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291271580, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9z2c", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:14:49Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:15:06Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "If I'm going to have a setting to disable this feature I need to decide what it will be called.\r\n\r\nClosest existing setting is this one, since it's for a feature that is turned on by default:\r\n\r\n datasette mydatabase.db --setting allow_download off\r\n\r\nSo maybe this?\r\n\r\n datasette mydatabase.db --setting allow_signed_api_tokens off\r\n\r\nI like `allow_signed_api_tokens` more than `allow_api_tokens` because if you install a plugin such as https://datasette.io/plugins/datasette-auth-tokens then API tokens will work even though you disabled this default signed token feature.\r\n\r\n`allow_signed_api_tokens` does feel a bit clumsy/verbose though.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291270227", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291270227, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9zhT", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:12:18Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:12:18Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Demo is now live at https://latest-1-0-dev.datasette.io/-/create-token - visit https://latest-1-0-dev.datasette.io/login-as-root first to sign in.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291269607", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291269607, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9zXn", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:11:15Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:11:15Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "If you click \"Create token\" for \"Token never expires\" multiple times you currently get exactly the same token each time, since it's just a signed token containing a copy of your actor dictionary.\r\n\r\nI'm not sure if I like that. I could give each token a random ID (maybe using `secrets.token_hex()`) such that different tokens have different identities, which would be useful for logging and auditing and maybe even revocation at some point in the future.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291268380", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291268380, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9zEc", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-26T00:09:06Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-26T00:09:06Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Demo:\r\n\r\n\r\n", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291243333", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291243333, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9s9F", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-25T23:25:13Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-25T23:25:13Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "A `/-/debug-token` page that can take a token and decode it to show you how long until it expires, what actor it represents and the permissions it has will be useful as well.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291234262", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291234262, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9qvW", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-25T23:11:23Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-25T23:11:23Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I'm going to build an initial `/-/create-token` interface which just bakes a token with the current actor in it and an optional expiry timestamp. I'll try the limited permissions thing later.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291233652", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291233652, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9ql0", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-25T23:10:20Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-25T23:10:44Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "In which case the token would need to duplicate the current `actor` and then add extra constraints. So maybe the token design looks like this:\r\n```json\r\n{\r\n \"a\": { \"copy_of\": \"actor_creating_token\"},\r\n \"p\": { \"t\": \"... the thing designed earlier, with those permissions in it\" },\r\n \"e\": \"integer timestamp when token expires\"\r\n}\r\n```", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291232589", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291232589, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9qVN", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-25T23:08:37Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-25T23:08:37Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "... so maybe there's a way to create a token that inherits the exact permissions of the actor that created the token? That could even be a default mode for tokens, with an option to then further restrict permissions if desired.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
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{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1291227942", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1291227942, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M9pMm", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-25T23:01:18Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-25T23:01:18Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Datasette currently defaults to having everything public-readable by default, unless a permission plugin changes that default.\r\n\r\nIn thinking more about this API mechanism, I realized that it might be good to have a mode where Datasette _doesn't_ default to public everything. Maybe `datasette --private` to start it like that?\r\n\r\nMight even be an opportunity to get rid of the current slightly confusing mechanism where permission checks can announce that they should default to true:\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/simonw/datasette/blob/c7dd76c26257ded5bcdfd0570e12412531b8b88f/datasette/views/database.py#L152-L154", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289776707", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1289776707, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M4G5D", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-24T23:29:03Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-24T23:29:03Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "I'm going to implement the first version of this token mechanism using permissions that exist already. Right now that's:\r\n\r\nhttps://docs.datasette.io/en/0.62/authentication.html#built-in-permissions\r\n\r\nHere are the shortcuts I'll use for them:\r\n\r\n- `view-instance` - `vi`\r\n- `view-database` - `vd`\r\n- `view-database-download` - `vdd`\r\n- `view-table` - `vt`\r\n- `view-query` - `vq`\r\n- `execute-sql` - `es`\r\n", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289775162", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1289775162, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M4Gg6", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-24T23:27:00Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-24T23:27:00Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Might be neat for API tokens to be signed with an additional secret than can be rotated independently of `DATASETTE_SECRET` itself, in order to invalidate all tokens without needing to invalidate logged in users too.\r\n\r\nBut again, I don't want to implement something like that until I see an actual need for it.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289774183", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1289774183, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M4GRn", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-24T23:25:52Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-24T23:25:52Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "... also, maybe there should be a UI (perhaps on that page) for resetting the Datasette secret? Useful for emergency invalidation of all tokens.\r\n\r\nNo, I'm not going to build that unless someone asks for it. Restarting the server with a fresh secret should be easy enough.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289773634", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1289773634, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M4GJC", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-24T23:25:06Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-24T23:25:06Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "If you start Datasette without providing a `DATASETTE_SECRET` environment variable of `--secret` option it creates a random signing secret that only lasts for the lifetime of the server.\r\n\r\nThis means any signed API tokens you create will stop working if the server restarts.\r\n\r\nI think the `/-/create-token` UI should know when this happens and show a warning message about it, to avoid confusion.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289766513", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1289766513, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M4EZx", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-24T23:16:00Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-24T23:16:00Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Here's what that example looks like signed:\r\n```python\r\nfrom datasette.app import Datasette\r\nds = Datasette()\r\nds.sign('{\"t\":{\"a\":[\"ir\",\"ur\",\"dr\"],\"d\":{\"fixtures\":[\"ir\",\"ur\",\"dr\"]},\"t\":{\"fixtures\":{\"searchable\":[\"ir\"]}}}}')\r\n```\r\n```\r\n.eJxTqo5RKolRsgJSiUAqOkYpsyhGSSdGqRRCpQCpWBANUZOWWVFSWpRajFNprQ7cPCS1QF5xamJRckZiUk4qQm9sLRAoAQCC8yph.O0Gaej6-VOLbbtPq7xU6T77jEO0\r\n```\r\nThat's 129 characters.\r\n\r\nNote that Datasette doesn't have its own mechanism for signing things for a specific duration yet: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/internals.html#sign-value-namespace-default\r\n\r\nSo I'll need to add a `\"e\": 1666739744` field with the UTC timestamp at which the token should expire.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289733483", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1289733483, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M38Vr", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-24T22:54:37Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-24T23:12:10Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Token design concept:\r\n```json\r\n{\r\n \"t\": {\r\n \"a\": [\"ir\", \"ur\", \"dr\"],\r\n \"d\": {\r\n \"fixtures\": [\"ir\", \"ur\", \"dr\"]\r\n },\r\n \"t\": {\r\n \"fixtures\": {\r\n \"searchable\": [\"ir\"]\r\n }\r\n }\r\n }\r\n}\r\n```\r\nThat JSON would be minified and signed.\r\n\r\nMinified version of the above looks like this (101 characters):\r\n\r\n`{\"t\":{\"a\":[\"ir\",\"ur\",\"dr\"],\"d\":{\"fixtures\":[\"ir\",\"ur\",\"dr\"]},\"t\":{\"fixtures\":{\"searchable\":[\"ir\"]}}}}`\r\n\r\nThe `\"t\"` key shows this is a token that as a default API key.\r\n\r\n`\"a\"` means \"all\" - these are permissions that have been granted on all tables and databases.\r\n\r\n`\"d\"` means \"databases\" - this is a way to set permissions for all tables in a specific database.\r\n\r\n`\"t\"` means \"tables\" - this lets you set permissions at a finely grained table level.\r\n\r\nThen the permissions themselves are two character codes which are shortened versions - so:\r\n\r\n- `ir` = `insert-row`\r\n- `ur` = `update-row`\r\n- `dr` = `delete-row`", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}
{"html_url": "https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289718660", "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1852", "id": 1289718660, "node_id": "IC_kwDOBm6k_c5M34uE", "user": {"value": 9599, "label": "simonw"}, "created_at": "2022-10-24T22:35:01Z", "updated_at": "2022-10-24T22:35:01Z", "author_association": "OWNER", "body": "Maybe these tokens can be restricted to specific databases and tables when they are first created?\r\n\r\nSince they're signed tokens, I could bundle a bunch of extra stuff in them - this token is allowed to do these permissions against these tables/rows for example.\r\n\r\nGeneral wisdom seems to be that 8KB is a sensible maximum length for this kind of token, which is easily long enough to fit in a bunch of database / table / permissions.", "reactions": "{\"total_count\": 0, \"+1\": 0, \"-1\": 0, \"laugh\": 0, \"hooray\": 0, \"confused\": 0, \"heart\": 0, \"rocket\": 0, \"eyes\": 0}", "issue": {"value": 1421552095, "label": "Default API token authentication mechanism"}, "performed_via_github_app": null}