motusAuthenticateUser: authenticate a user with motus.org

In jbrzusto/motusServer: Operate a server to process data for http://motus.org

Description

authenticate a user with motus.org

Usage

motusAuthenticateUser(username, password)

Arguments

username	motus user name
password	motus password (plaintext)

Value

if the credentials are valid, a list with these items:

• token character scalar token used in subsequent API calls

• expiry numeric timestamp at which token expires

• userID integer user ID of user at motus

• projects list of projects user has access to; indexed by integer projectID, values are project names

• receivers FIXME: will be list of receivers user has access to

Otherwise, generate an error.

Note

This function uses the global AuthDB, defined in serverCommon

Author(s)

John Brzustowski jbrzusto@REMOVE_THIS_PART_fastmail.fm

jbrzusto/motusServer documentation built on May 19, 2019, 8:19 a.m.