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Sneak Peak: Version 4.7 - Automated Profile Uploads
Automated Profile Uploads
Yes. You read it right. Automated profile uploads are coming soon. I've got most of the client code written and I've got an approach for the upload that is secure and efficient. Our uploader tool will work much like UniUploader.
Configuration
1. You enter your Guild Launch forum name.
2. You enter a "Client Access Key"
3. You point the application at the WoW folder
Then the application will tell you what characters are available for upload. Then you check off on a list and when their data is updated the data will be uploaded.
It's as simple as that.
What is the "Client Access Key"?
The Client Access Key is a concept we are introducing for outside data upload and download from Guild Launch. It is a globally unique, non sequential, nearly unguessable identifier for your account. No one ever sees this identifier except you and any program you share it with. This key gives a program extremely limited access to certain functionality in your Guild Launch profile. Currently, the key is only good for profile uploads, nothing else.
Our goal is to provide a secure way for users to upload profiles, while not requiring a username and password to be entered into the client tool. The Client Access Key allows us to do this by generating a unique access key for each user and having them enter that. With that key currently only profile uploads can be performed. The key can be regenerated at any time if you feel you need a new one.
This approach is used by Eve Online for client tools for 3rd parties and has proven to be quite successful. The user doesn't expose any real passwords, the system can still maintain a reasonable level of security by allowing restricted, less sensitive access via this key, and the more sensitive info is always secure and requires a different type of authentication.
The key will be very easy to obtain. You click a link in the application, it takes you to a page on Guild Launch which displays your Client Access Key (requires login of course). You copy and paste it into the uploader. You're done.
Source Code
Since this is a program that runs on your computer, we'll be releasing the source code so people can see what it is doing. We'll also be providing a download site with MD5 hashes to ensure what you download is what we provided.
-Stephen
Yes. You read it right. Automated profile uploads are coming soon. I've got most of the client code written and I've got an approach for the upload that is secure and efficient. Our uploader tool will work much like UniUploader.
Configuration
1. You enter your Guild Launch forum name.
2. You enter a "Client Access Key"
3. You point the application at the WoW folder
Then the application will tell you what characters are available for upload. Then you check off on a list and when their data is updated the data will be uploaded.
It's as simple as that.
What is the "Client Access Key"?
The Client Access Key is a concept we are introducing for outside data upload and download from Guild Launch. It is a globally unique, non sequential, nearly unguessable identifier for your account. No one ever sees this identifier except you and any program you share it with. This key gives a program extremely limited access to certain functionality in your Guild Launch profile. Currently, the key is only good for profile uploads, nothing else.
Our goal is to provide a secure way for users to upload profiles, while not requiring a username and password to be entered into the client tool. The Client Access Key allows us to do this by generating a unique access key for each user and having them enter that. With that key currently only profile uploads can be performed. The key can be regenerated at any time if you feel you need a new one.
This approach is used by Eve Online for client tools for 3rd parties and has proven to be quite successful. The user doesn't expose any real passwords, the system can still maintain a reasonable level of security by allowing restricted, less sensitive access via this key, and the more sensitive info is always secure and requires a different type of authentication.
The key will be very easy to obtain. You click a link in the application, it takes you to a page on Guild Launch which displays your Client Access Key (requires login of course). You copy and paste it into the uploader. You're done.
Source Code
Since this is a program that runs on your computer, we'll be releasing the source code so people can see what it is doing. We'll also be providing a download site with MD5 hashes to ensure what you download is what we provided.
-Stephen