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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

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  • 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.