Is there a way to have a basic user auth for a Publisher Pro app?

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Hi everyone!

As a proof of concept, I built an app for me and my neighbors to recommend contractors to each other. It’s a super simple directory, but I need a very basic user authentication because I would need to have some sort of control of who does what (for example, I need people to be accountable for their recommendations and also obviously avoid impersonation).

I love AppSheet, but I became super frustrated when I learned that the Publisher Pro license doesn’t support authentication / sign-in, as it literally breaks the value prop. Obviously the Starter/Core licenses would make the whole thing super expensive (we are many neighbors here) and therefore are a deal breaker.

Is there a workaround for this? Like, for example, an one-time password flow using automation, a hardcoded user/password flow, or something like that? I couldn’t find implementations of such thing elsewhere.

Thanks

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Hi @ramiromoyano

As you said, Publisher Pro is for public apps, hence with no authentication - if you need any kind of authentication, you need to use a per-user plan.

If you wish to use an OTP it’s possible of course, but then you will require to set a non-secure system and expose personal data publicly.

You can think about a workaround but it may come tedious. Something to get inspired from could be this:

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