WIP: Add account authentication support to web app

luca0N commented

2026-02-01 18:28:11 +00:00

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Add account authentication support to the web app. This pull request does not include account support in the backend server.

Add login page prototype
- Add option to stay logged in
- Make login page functional
Add "Forgot password?" page prototype
- Make "Forgot password?" page functional
Check for server authentication support/requirement in main page¹
Store session token/ID (to be decided) with either cookies or localStorage

Account authentication is optional. Instance administrators can either require it, or leave it disabled. The web app should check whether the server it's configured to use requires authentication before redirecting the user to the relevant page. ↩︎

Add account authentication support to the web app. This pull request does not include account support in the backend server. - [x] Add login page prototype - [ ] Add option to stay logged in - [ ] Make login page functional - [ ] Add "Forgot password?" page prototype - [ ] Make "Forgot password?" page functional - [ ] Check for server authentication support/requirement in main page[^1] - [ ] Store session token/ID (to be decided) with either cookies or localStorage [^1]: Account authentication is optional. Instance administrators can either require it, or leave it disabled. The web app should check whether the server it's configured to use requires authentication before redirecting the user to the relevant page.

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Create login page in web app 11293068ef

In the web app, create a new page for authentication, and add a new
route for it.  The page included is only a prototype which does not yet
include the authentication code.

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#26 Add authentication support

luca0N commented

2026-02-01 18:30:04 +00:00

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Note that support for accounts is not yet implemented in the server. This will be worked on in another pull request. I am still deciding how authentication will be implemented (either a simple session token with cookies/bearer authorization, or JWT).

luca0N commented

2026-02-04 23:51:50 +00:00

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I must decide which DBMS to use. Seems like there is a Go library that provides an interface to multiple RDBMSes, but I haven't dug too deep into it yet. If such library were to exist, using it would make the project much more flexible, and administrators could pick and choose their DBMS of choice. One downside is that it would likely make testing more complex, as the need for testing multiple DBMSes would surge.

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