ente-io/ente#615

It would be pretty practical we could reuse CLI libraries to create rclone ente backend.

Hello!

Trying to get my account added and running into 401 errors. Wondering if there are limitations that prevent me from being able to use this feature. This is what I get when I run the account add command from within my container:

/ # ./ente-cli account add
Enter app type (default: photos):
Use default app type: photos
Enter export directory: /data
Enter email address: ***email on account***
Enter password: ***copy paste password***
Please wait authenticating...
2023/10/25 16:28:38 failed to verify status 401 with err:
Enter password:

Is there a character limit to the length of the password? (mine is over 60 characters) Special Characters?

I also have 2-factor enabled on my account, could that be an issue?

Maybe the feature is not available yet for us users as it's too new? :)

I can reach out via email or discord if you would like more private details.

As mentioned, I am using a docker container to run this if you think it might be relevant.

Thank you for looking at my issue. I am very excited about this feature.

Current challenges in providing single static binary for CLI.

Based on my understanding,

• The lib-sodium library uses CGO [1] (that enables calling C code from Go)
• CGO brings lot of complexity and unknowns if we want to create binaries for different packages [2]
• To compile static binary for various OS/Arch, we will need to spin-off VM/Docker images[3], install the libsodium and other relevant pkg and then create the binary.
• Users may still need to install the corresponding libsodium pkg on their relevant machine. [need to investigate

Alternative Approaches:

• Switch to https://github.com/ArteMisc/libgodium [Evaluating now]
• Explore https://github.com/ebitengine/purego/

[1] https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/cgo
[2] https://dave.cheney.net/2016/01/18/cgo-is-not-go
[3] https://ajstiles.com/posts/2019/01/30/building-golang-libsodium-lambda-functions-with-docker/