# 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/user_avatar/forum.antennapod.org/keunes/32/61_2.png) [@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")

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> [@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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