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cjdinger's avatar
cjdinger
Leader
10 years ago

Using ActiveCast from external site: requires anonymous API Read access?

Hi,

 

I'm experimenting with using ActiveCast content from our support site (not Lithium hosted).  I find that the content renders only if I grant "Make REST API calls with read access" in the Default role.  I guess I thought that ActiveCast had a special incantation that wouldn't need this.

 

Can someone confirm that Yes, indeed -- we must grant this privilege in the Default (anonymous) role in order to use ActiveCast on another site?

 

Thanks,

Chris

    • cjdinger's avatar
      cjdinger
      Leader
      10 years ago
      Varun, thanks for this confirmation.

      It would be nice if we had a way in JavaScript to authenticate as a sort of "API user" instead of having it open to all callers with read access. I guess with it set so that any Guest can call these APIs, we'll have to watch the metrics for potential spikes in use.

      Chris
      • VarunGrazitti's avatar
        VarunGrazitti
        Boss
        10 years ago

        cjdinger - You might want to have a look at these definitions.

         

        REST API Calls - Lithium count one REST API Call each time our servers receive an API call request.

        ActiveCast Calls -  Lithium offers a variety of embeddable ActiveCast widgets including Reviews, Ask a Question, Polls, and Latest Threads.
        They count one ActiveCast Call each time an ActiveCast widget loads in a web page. If a page contains two ActiveCast widgets, they count two ActiveCast Calls when a browser loads the page.