Re: Subetha 0.9 and Web services

Nadeem M Nayeck wrote:
> A simple web service client that can make calls to subscribe and
> unsubscribe a user. This ws could be embedded in any application, for
> example, web application that uses AJAX could display a hyperlink to
> user to subscribe/unsubscribe to a list with a single click.
>
> I think this could be the simplest use case.
>   

Not as specific as I was hoping, but I'll try to fill in the rest.  Tell 
me if this is what you have in mind:

1) You want an AJAX page that has a box that the user types in their 
email address, clicks subscribe, and it sends a subscribe token to the 
email address.

You can do this right now with the AccountMgr API.  Perhaps you want to 
make it easier to craft the page by referring to the list by it's email 
address rather than it's id.  Ok, that's reasonable, how about this API:

void AccountMgr.requestSubscribeByListEmail(String listEmail, String 
myEmail, String name) throws NotFoundException;

Note that this only sends a token by email.  The user still has to click 
on the link in the email to confirm the subscription.

There is an API that will allow anyone to subscribe any address to any 
list, however it requires siteAdmin (or at least list administrator) 
privelage to use.  Obviously, you can't do this directly from an 
(untrusted) AJAX app making SOAP requests.

2) You want an AJAX page that allows a user to unsubscribe.

This is already offered by the existing API using the listId; an 
additional convenience method which is keyed off of the list email 
address can be added.  However, the user still needs to enter their 
email address and password.  If you want to avoid this, you could just 
use the "forgot your password" method call to send the user a link to 
their home page.

Does that cover everything?

Jeff