# FeedDirectory.org as a possible alternative for gpodder.net
**URL:** https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663
**Category:** Project management
**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663 "2021-02-09T21:41:36Z")
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### Author:  [@keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/keunes)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/22 "2021-02-25T13:04:50Z")
Just for your info, should it be of any help: here’s the [log-in process that we’ll soon have for gpodder.net](https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/pull/4493).
> [@stucoates](#):
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> a secret reset will not result in the need to re-authenticate everything that’s connected to an account
Ok, that could be interesting. In terms of user interface, though, I reckon the firs login on a device would still be username-password based (?)
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### Author:  [@stucoates](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/stucoates)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/23 "2021-02-25T14:16:01Z")
I’m currently leaning towards having tokens that are used by apps to gain access to an account. That way a user can selectively remove the access to apps if they stop using them… it’s also just a single item of data for apps to store and conceals the actual account credentials from apps.
Each account will still have a user-id and secret, but once created, the user will be able to generate (through a web UI or API) tokens for each application they want to give access. The app will just use this token to log in to FD.
I’ll work on streamlined ways to do this for the scenario where a user already has an account and also for new users.
Not sure what’s possible in AP/Android, but if from the app you open a web page, is it possible for the page to send data back to the app by redirecting to a special URL scheme? If so, a token can be handed back from FD to the app without the user having to copy/paste.
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### Author:  [@keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/keunes)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/24 "2021-02-26T08:40:21Z")
> [@stucoates](#):
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> The app will just use this token to log in to FD.
I understand the logic, but as a user I would probably create an account on my laptop. If I then would have to log in there and create a token, it’d be annoying to get it to my phone (either store & sync in a txt file or password manager comment, or type by hand).
Instead, if I have a username and password (what you call secret, I think), I could just log in on AntennaPod quickly using the password manager on my phone (which contains the credentials that I created on my laptop). AntennaPod could then submit those credentials to the API and if correct receive and store the token (not storing username/password) - without the user having to think about complicated strings.
Then (as in the new [gpodder.net](http://gpodder.net) flow linked above) in the next step the user could give the device a name that is then sent to FD (to help recognise the device when managing the account on web).
> [@stucoates](#):
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> Not sure what’s possible in AP/Android, but if from the app you open a web page, is it possible for the page to send data back to the app by redirecting to a special URL scheme? If so, a token can be handed back from FD to the app without the user having to copy/paste.
It [exists to open/add feeds](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-link-that-opens-a-specific-feed-in-antennapod/444/3), I guess a new scheme would need to be developed/supported for this case.
And one note to set expectations right: I’m happily discussing here with you and would love to see this implemented, but I’m not a developer so it’d be up to others to actually implement it. And whether they want to depends on interest, time, etc.
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### Author:  [@stucoates](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/stucoates)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/25 "2021-02-26T09:07:29Z")
I think I’ve not explained what I was thinking very well.
Apps will have 2 options to authenticate:
1. account-uuid/secret combination
2. app token
For most APIs they are equal. But there will be some small restrictions around what can be done with an app token (e.g. they cannot create new tokens, or list or delete other app tokens… but they can delete themselves).
Apps will be able to create their own app tokens if they authenticate using the account-uuid/secret combination or they can be provided with a token by the user. I suspect we’ll see multiple different ways that app builders actually implement this.
The docs will read:
> Applications are encouraged to use an access token rather than the `account-uuid` and `account-secret` combination. App access tokens should be placed in the `X-FeedDirectory-Client-Auth` header, or can be passed as a parameter `client-app-token` . The use of app tokens will mean that apps are isolated from resets of the main accout credentials - the tokens will continue to be valid. As a general rule, apps should not be storing the `account-uuid` or `account-secret`
I’ve done the implementation and hope to release in a couple of days once I’ve done some testing.
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### Author:  [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/26 "2021-02-26T09:34:56Z")
> [@stucoates](#):
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> Not sure what’s possible in AP/Android, but if from the app you open a web page, is it possible for the page to send data back to the app by redirecting to a special URL scheme?
Should be possible, I think. Firefox, by default, does not open websites with apps that register for a domain but I guess a custom url scheme should work by default.
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### Author:  [@stucoates](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/stucoates)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/27 "2021-03-02T20:13:43Z")
After a bit longer than I hoped, I’ve deployed a version of [feeddirectory.org](http://feeddirectory.org) that implements the app-tokens so that apps do not have to store the account-uuid/secret. The APIs for managing the tokens are:
[https://feeddirectory.org/#/api/1.0/App/Token/Create](https://feeddirectory.org/#/api/1.0/App/Token/Create)
[https://feeddirectory.org/#/api/1.0/App/Token/Delete](https://feeddirectory.org/#/api/1.0/App/Token/Delete)
[https://feeddirectory.org/#/api/1.0/App/Token/All](https://feeddirectory.org/#/api/1.0/App/Token/All)
I will be providing a web UI for managing these also.
Apps do not have to use these tokens for access, but if they do then they will be immune to changes to the account secret, so I recommend that they do.
I hope this is all pretty self-explanatory, but please hit me up with any questions that you may have.
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### Author:  [@keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/keunes)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/28 "2021-03-03T17:09:32Z")
@tonytamsf @Matth78 Would either of you be interested in turning this into a GitHub issue?
@ByteHamster Do you think implementation could benefit from mock-ups, or would/should it look like the new nice gpodder login?
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### Author:  [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/29 "2021-03-03T17:43:36Z")
I think we can just re-use parts of the gpodder login screen - so no mock-ups required 🙂
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### Author:  [@Matth78](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/Matth78)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/30 "2021-03-03T18:40:13Z")
I am about to create an issue for it.
I will keep it simple, so don’t hesitate to tell if what I do need adjustments.
I will edit this post afterward to link to GitHub issue.
Edit :
[issue 4986](https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues/4986) has been created
After thought, @ByteHamster, I am not technical but with the ongoing effort to restructure / modularize code is it ok to add a syncing service ? Or should some indications / informations be added ?
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### Author:  [@keunes](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/keunes)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/31 "2021-03-03T20:34:23Z")
Thanks a lot @Matth78! Maybe it would be good to just add a link to the API specifications of feeddirectory and a note about what it should look like (same as [gpodder.net](http://gpodder.net) login, as ByteHamster confirmed just above).
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### Author:  [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/32 "2021-03-03T20:47:09Z")
> [@Matth78](#):
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> I am not technical but with the ongoing effort to restructure / modularize code is it ok to add a syncing service ? Or should some indications / informations be added ?
Should be okay, I think. The restructuring is done incrementally and I try to not touch code when there are open pull requests in the same file.
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### Author:  [@Matth78](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/Matth78)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/33 "2021-03-03T21:33:15Z")
Added in issue a link to [FeedDirectory.org](http://FeedDirectory.org) API, and a note about re-using gpodder login screen with a link to this discussion.
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### Author:  [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/34 "2022-01-04T15:31:34Z")
Hi @stucoates what’s the state of [FeedDirectory.org](http://FeedDirectory.org)? I haven’t heard about it for a while. In the meantime, AntennaPod got support for multiple sync services, so supporting [FeedDirectory.org](http://FeedDirectory.org) could now be easier than before. Do you still plan to release the source code?
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### Author:  [@ChronoTriggered](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ChronoTriggered)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/35 "2022-01-06T00:41:05Z")
This looks great, thanks for bringing it up, which new sync services were added, and in which version? I was not aware of that!
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### Author:  [@ByteHamster](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/ByteHamster)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2022, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/36 "2022-01-06T08:25:41Z")
2.5.0 will add support for Nextcloud sync
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.antennapod.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/feeddirectory-org-as-a-possible-alternative-for-gpodder-net/663/39 "2022-03-07T08:26:09Z")
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