If you already have an admin key in the database - that is more useful than the master_api_key - I don't believe there is anything that the master API key can do that the admin API key cannot (let me know if I am wrong). I created master_api_key mostly just to bootstrap users and API keys for new installations. So my question is what are you trying to accomplish with a master API key if you already have an admin API key? I would be happy to comment on the different ideas you mentioned - but I want to understand what you are trying to accomplish.
-John On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Dooley, Damion <damion.doo...@bccdc.ca> wrote: > I made the erroneous assumption that if I put my own admin user API key into > the galaxy configuration master_api_key field, it would accept that and run > all the api functions that needed a key connected to a user. It took fair > bit of debugging to realize that the master_api_key field chops off all the > user info even if it is available (i.e. has no user object), thus yielding > numerous API errors for those things a user object is needed for. > > I can see a few dev solutions to this dilemma, and am wondering what people > think - and the result could get into a Trello feature card... > > a) allow master_api_key to be accompanied by a master_api_email; together > they trigger a user object to be associated that has the email address; and > this eliminates all the API errors one currently gets. I like this solution > because it doesn't depend on the UI interface for managing user keys, i.e. > its rather permanent and secure. > > b) allow a api key called "admin_api_key" to be placed in the galaxy config > file. This key has to be active as one user's api key (presumably power > user), so that all those api errors are avoided. > > c) have master_api_key just have a dummy user object included, with say > admin@localhost for an email address. > > Thoughts? > > Damion > ___________________________________________________________ > Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" > in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this > and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: > http://lists.bx.psu.edu/ > > To search Galaxy mailing lists use the unified search at: > http://galaxyproject.org/search/mailinglists/ ___________________________________________________________ Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: http://lists.bx.psu.edu/ To search Galaxy mailing lists use the unified search at: http://galaxyproject.org/search/mailinglists/
