[feedhenry-dev] Mobile Control Panel Demo

[David Martin]

Hey Evan,

a few responses inline.

On 15 September 2017 at 20:06, Evan Shortiss <eshortis at redhat.com> wrote:

> Excellent demo - mad bonus points for the Rick reference!
>
> Some quick questions if you don't mind?
>
>    1. The UI popup about write access being denied. Is there some
>    underlying code like *sdk.service('fh-sync').userHasRole('sync_write')* that
>    we didn't see for this?
>
> Looks like guard rules are defined here
https://github.com/aidenkeating/cordova-sync-app/blob/master/src/config/viewGuardRules.ts

and those rules are checked on a few of the pages
https://github.com/aidenkeating/cordova-sync-app/blob/master/src/pages/account/account.ts#L68-L73
https://github.com/aidenkeating/cordova-sync-app/blob/master/src/pages/home/home.ts#L63-L68

https://github.com/aidenkeating/cordova-sync-app/blob/master/src/pages/record/record.ts#L45-L50

>
>    1. When you mentioned sync write the request is denied if the call is
>    made directly to the sync API. Does this mean the sync server receives the
>    request, checks for a token, then processes it? Or, is the request stopped
>    before it reaches the sync server? It appears to be the former, but just
>    clarifying.
>
> There are 2 places I've found here in fh-sync-server where it protects all
endpoints with middleware to check the role against the access token
and check permissions for processing of pending updates
https://github.com/feedhenry/fh-sync-server/blob/master/app.js#L111-L152


>    1. Do we provide a mobile-esque wrapper for the Keycloak SDK or just
>    recommend using the standard keycloak libs?
>
> Looks like there's a lightweight wrapper for the Cordova example.
https://github.com/aidenkeating/cordova-sync-app/blob/master/src/services/keycloak.service.ts

The server uses the keycloak-connect module.


>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Pavel Sturc <psturc at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> This is really great and funny demo, thanks for that Aiden!
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:29 PM, John Frizelle <jfrizell at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Really excellent demo Aiden :-)
>>>
>>> This is really starting to come together nicely.
>>>
>>> Can you add a link to the client app source code to the You Tube
>>> description?
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Frizelle
>>> Chief Architect, Red Hat Mobile
>>> Consulting Engineer
>>>
>>> mobile: *+353 87 290 1644 <//+353872901644>*
>>> twitter:* @johnfriz*
>>> skype: *john_frizelle*
>>> mail: *jfrizell at redhat.com <jfrizell at redhat.com>*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 September 2017 at 10:42, Aiden Keating <akeating at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>
>>>> We've recorded a demo about the work we've been doing recently on the
>>>> Mobile Control Panel (MCP). The main focus of the demo is service
>>>> integrations, namely integrating keycloak with a sync server in order to
>>>> protect the server. Along with this we also show how to integrate an app
>>>> with an external service. You can view the demo here:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vekxyn4_-xY&feature=youtu.be
>>>>
>>>> A few afterthoughts.
>>>>
>>>> Both the server [1] and client [2] that were used in the demo will pick
>>>> up on changes in available services.
>>>>
>>>> For example, when Keycloak is integrated with the sync server a file is
>>>> created on the server by the MCP. The server checks whether this file
>>>> exists and will configure Keycloak based on the files contents. If the file
>>>> does not exist the server will not use Keycloak. This is why the server
>>>> code did not need to be changed when the Keycloak integration was made.
>>>> Same with the client.
>>>>
>>>> There's also a bit more to the integrations screen than we can see in
>>>> the video. Once an integration is made, for example integrating sync with
>>>> keycloak, the Mobile Integrations tab for sync will update to tell us how
>>>> to integrate sync and keycloak together.
>>>>
>>>> I've included screenshots to show how this tab looks for the sync
>>>> server before the Keycloak integration [3] and after [4]. The code snippets
>>>> in this tab will soon be updated to reflect a real example.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://github.com/aidenkeating/cordova-sync-app
>>>> [2] https://github.com/feedhenry/fh-sync-server
>>>> [3] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4ybL3AxKNXxc3JveVNvRk1fZWc
>>>> [4] https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4ybL3AxKNXxVlVOVzlOdERfcFk
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Aiden
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> PAVEL STURC
>>
>> QUALITY ENGINEER
>>
>> Red Hat Mobile Application Platform
>> <https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/mobile/application-platform>
>>
>> psturc at redhat.com
>> <https://red.ht/sig>
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> EVAN SHORTISS
>
> MOBILE PRACTICE ARCHITECT, RED HAT MOBILE
>
> Los Angeles, USA
>
> evan.shortiss at redhat.com  M: +1-781-354-2834
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>



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David Martin
Red Hat Mobile
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