It's a 3rd party web service indeed. It is using https, so not too bad, but if I would store plain text, that would be bad indeed. I will have a look at your JS helpers, thanks!
Op do 19 mei 2016 om 22:48 schreef Omer Akram <[email protected]>: > Hi! > > if you are the owner of the web service, I would suggest to change the > authentication to token-based. If its a third-party service, then you might > probably want to check if the service supports a more secure way to > authenticate/login. If the web service really only supports basic > authentication and you don't want to deal with Online accounts, then I > guess you could write username/password so a sqlite database. I know its > ugly but a little bit less uglier than just writing to a plain text file. > > Here are some simple JS helpers[1] that I wrote for my purpose but you can > easily adapt that for your usecase. > > [1] > http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~om26er/ubuntu-soundcloud-app/trunk/view/head:/UbuntuSoundcloudApp/DbHelpers.js#L10 > > Thanks! > > On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:27 AM, Rutger Hendriks <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I'm creating a QML app with the Ubuntu SDK IDE. This app uses >> XMLHttpRequests to authenticate to an online service and then can get it's >> data from there. >> This all works fine, but I need to always type in the username and >> password. Now what I want is to store this information so that it can be >> read on application start. >> How would I go about doing this? >> I've found https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OnlineAccounts but that clearly >> states: >> ----------------------------- >> The purpose of Online Accounts in Ubuntu is to simplify the overall >> experience, by reducing your need to enter sign-in details for an online >> service in multiple apps. >> >> This time saving comes at a cost: the mental complexity of dealing with a >> separate thing, “Online Accounts”. Therefore, Online Accounts should be >> involved only where it is reasonably likely to save time. So it should not >> be used to handle special-purpose accounts that are only ever used for one >> app; that would make the overall experience more complex for no gain. >> ----------------------------- >> >> Well, as you might have guessed, my app will be the only one to use the >> account. Now what is the preferred way to store my account settings? I >> guess it needs to be somewhat secure... Wouldn't want anyone to read it... >> but then again, that might be step 2.. >> >> Thanks for any help! >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Rutger Hendriks > > >> >> >> -- >> Verzonden via Dekko vanaf mijn Ubuntu-apparaat >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >
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