A question about Evolu Relay, Authentication, and Authorization

[muco-rolle]

Hi, I’m new to the LocalFirst ecosystem, and I’m planning to build a local-first POS. One of the requirements is to implement secure authentication and authorization. Specifically, I need a way to designate a primary or authoritative user who can manage permissions for others and restrict certain parts of the UI based on user roles. Coming from a traditional client-server background, I’m finding it a bit challenging to figure out how to approach this with Evolu. I’d really appreciate any suggestions or pointers to libraries that could help.

Another requirement is the ability to send reports through different channels, including email. I’ve only handled this kind of functionality on the server side before. Is there a way to hook into Evolu Relay, maybe during sync, to trigger an email send?

Thanks in advance!

[steida]

As for auth, that's what I'm working on right now. As for server hooks, yes, if you share mnemonic, which is tricky. I will describe proposed solutions later.

[muco-rolle]

Good to hear about the auth! As for the server hooks, I’m still working on the local database for now. But since I’ll soon need sync to share data across multiple devices, that’s why I asked. I’d really appreciate any feedback or documentation on the patterns for extending the backend.

Also, thank you again for building Evolu, it’s been an awesome experience so far! Some of the docs seem to be missing, but I understand it’s still in preview, and that’s totally fine.

[steida]

Docs will be improved soon, but, read the source code. It's simple.