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  1. translate5
  2. TRANSLATE-3108

App tokens for API authentication

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      API Users should switch to appTokens instead plain password usage!
      This is mandatory with one of the next releases.
      For usage see: https://confluence.translate5.net/x/AQAoG
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      API Users should switch to appTokens instead plain password usage! This is mandatory with one of the next releases. For usage see: https://confluence.translate5.net/x/AQAoG
    • Via CLI tool appTokens can now be added to dedicated users. Such app tokens should be used then in the future for authentication via API.

    Description

      problem

      We need a fix appToken authentication.

      Reason:

      1. needed for CSRF fix feature TRANSLATE-3048
      2. Needed for Integration of task import callback (MITTAGQI-174)

      solution

      • Add a new table containing the appTokens
        • id - autoinc
        • userId - fk to usertable
        • description - textfield so that user knows for what the token was created
        • token - text field containing the token - encrypted as the user passwords
        • created - datetime
        • expires - datetime, nullable not implemented in this issue, but field could be created
      • For MITTAGQI-174 usage a simple CLI (auth:apptoken:add with arg login desc) tool to create tokens for a specific user is enough - the token should be shown once on creation - then its stored encrypted - where the shown authtoken should be prefixed with the "TOKEN_ID:" - then on usage the token and user could be find easily in DB.
      • check usage of sessionToken - authtoken can be implemented similar, but:
        • for token comparsion password enc functions must be used - rename current handleAuthToken to handleSessionToken
        • add an additional handleAppToken for the new feature
        • only POST should be allowed
        • if appToken is given in POST / HTTP header the user should be directly be authenticated like it is done in LoginController
      • An integration in SessionApiTest.php is not needed, since with CSRF fix the appToken is needed for running the tests themself - so enough tested then

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              aleksandar Aleksandar Mitrev
              tlauria Thomas Lauria
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