Interfaces

Interfaces are access points for external users (someone using the system without a login).

An interface has the following configuration options

• Interface URL
  • Unique name of the service
• How should the interface behave
  • Wrapper
  • Template
  • Stylesheet
  • Language
• What is the external user allowed to do
  • Proxy user profile
  • Allow UPDATE
  • Allow INSERT

Using email tokens for access

A common usage is sending email tokens to external users.

Tokens will allow a certain user to update the content of a certain record. Usually these are tied together, where the email of the user is a field in the record.

Tokens contain a timestamp, so it is possible to invalidate the token after a specified amount of time

• Token expiry: Maximum allowed age of the token

Update / insert options

• Succes message: Displayed message (if not using questionaire interface)
• Failure message: Displayed message (if not using questionaire interface)
• Redirect: URL to send user to after updating/inserting their data

General options

• CAPTCHA: User must take human test before using the interface (prevents robots from injecting data)
• IP filter: Specificy which IP's are allowed to use the interface (prevent users from known problem countries)