id,node_id,number,title,user,state,locked,assignee,milestone,comments,created_at,updated_at,closed_at,author_association,pull_request,body,repo,type,active_lock_reason,performed_via_github_app,reactions,draft,state_reason
1423336089,I_kwDOBm6k_c5U1mKZ,1855,`datasette create-token` ability to create tokens with a reduced set of permissions,9599,closed,0,,8711695,19,2022-10-26T02:20:52Z,2022-12-14T01:24:49Z,2022-12-13T05:20:24Z,OWNER,,"Initial design ideas: https://github.com/simonw/datasette/issues/1852#issuecomment-1289733483

> Token design concept:
> 
> ```json
> {
>     ""t"": {
>         ""a"": [""ir"", ""ur"", ""dr""],
>         ""d"": {
>             ""fixtures"": [""ir"", ""ur"", ""dr""]
>         },
>         ""t"": {
>             ""fixtures"": {
>                 ""searchable"": [""ir""]
>             }
>         }
>     }
> }
> ```
> 
> That JSON would be minified and signed.
> 
> Minified version of the above looks like this (101 characters):
> 
> `{""t"":{""a"":[""ir"",""ur"",""dr""],""d"":{""fixtures"":[""ir"",""ur"",""dr""]},""t"":{""fixtures"":{""searchable"":[""ir""]}}}}`
> 
> The `""t""` key shows this is a token that as a default API key.
> 
> `""a""` means ""all"" - these are permissions that have been granted on all tables and databases.
> 
> `""d""` means ""databases"" - this is a way to set permissions for all tables in a specific database.
> 
> `""t""` means ""tables"" - this lets you set permissions at a finely grained table level.
> 
> Then the permissions themselves are two character codes which are shortened versions - so:
> 
> * `ir` = `insert-row`
> * `ur` = `update-row`
> * `dr` = `delete-row`

## Remaining tasks

- [x] Add these options to the `datasette create-token` command
- [x] Tests for `datasette create-token` options
- [x] Documentation for those options at https://docs.datasette.io/en/latest/authentication.html#datasette-create-token
- [x] A way to handle permissions that don't have known abbreviations (permissions added by plugins). Probably need to solve the plugin permission registration problem as part of that
- [x] Stop hard-coding names of actions in the `permission_allowed_actor_restrictions` function",107914493,issue,,,"{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1855/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,completed