Max Bowsher <[email protected]> writes: > Quoting https://dev.launchpad.net/API: > > """ > Authenticated Access Only > > By design, there is no anonymous access through the API. You can do > read-only access (through a read-only token) but not anonymous access. > All API use is accounted to a person. > """ > > Why? > > Please feel free to respond in the form of a wiki edit :-)
I'll answer here, and see if anyone follows up with more (or more correct) information, before we put this in the wiki. My understanding is that it's a way to have some safeguard against [possibly accidental] DoS. If all accesses are authenticated, then if someone does something that causes a problem, we can shut off just that person's API access. (Presumably, we'd then try to contact them and figure out a better solution.) Anyone know a different reason? -Karl _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
