API Key for every user about nzbhydra2 HOT 9 CLOSED

I'm closing this. Discussing how indexers would react to this feature is moot as it would be too much work for a highly specific use case anyway.

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I've had a similar discussion in v1.

But here I don't even understand the use case. What does it help you that you both have different API keys if there's no option to configure them? Do you expect them to appear in the stats or what?

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@theotherp The use case is the following:
Lets say i have sonarr and my friend does too.
At the moment, we use the same API key, what means, all requests i and he make go through all my indexers.
Now i would like to have that every user has his own api key, so i can lookup in the stats which user used the most hits on my private indexers (In germany, indexers are rare and "elite", you can only join them by invite).

Do you understand what i mean?

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The last time a similar feature was discussed some people mentioned that anything that makes account sharing easier could make indexers hostile towards Hydra.

I'm not so sure but I still haven't decided what I think about the matter. I'll leave this open for now but will focus on bug fixes and some other features first.

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This seems like something only a small portion of users would need. Most people will be setting this up for themselves, they won't care. A small number will be setting it up to share with friends and they'll be okay w/ using one api key. They also won't care. The only ones who need this are people who want to share, but don't trust who they're sharing with or need some way of differentiating usage.

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I agree.

But only a few people needing a certain feature has made Hydra what it is, for better or worse ;-)

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@fryfrog @theotherp To specify my use case, i will share it with ONE person, which i know personally and is my friend.
I just want this feature for statistics, as its impossible right now to do that, because we share the api key right now.

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What stops him from running his own instance using your indexer API keys?

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@theotherp I dont think private indexers like it when their indexer is visited through different ips on the same account... :/
But good idea.

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