can3p → Product updates
Fri, 17 Feb 2023 01:51
Dabdab has received a major update on the stream sharing functionality. Not only you can create multiple share links, you can also control the functionality of the link:
Possible link types are:
- Read-only
- Write-only
- Read/Write
- RSS
The names are pretty self-explanatory, compared to the previous state it's now possible to give write access if you like! You may wonder why anyone would need a write-only link? One of the use cases is when you want to collect information from other people while keeping the collected information private. Dabdab has a contact form now which is pretty much just a shared stream with a write only access.
At the moment you will not get email updates on any messages posted this way, but another share type might be helpful. If you choose RSS a special private rss link will be created that you can use with your RSS reader or any other workflow to keep track of updates.
To make sure the functionality is not abused too much, there is a requirement for anonymous users to complete the captcha.
As part of the support form implementation the following changes have also been made:
- A new field type: email! The field is validated, so you can be sure that you'll be getting at least well-formed email addresses
- A field can be marked as required. In some cases you really want to have field value for all the messages.
Stay tuned for the updates about API!