mysid = getRandString();
localStorage["mysid"] = mysid; //done only once (unless user clear browser data)
}
+ // Quick user setup using local storage:
this.state.user = {
id: localStorage["myid"] || 0,
name: localStorage["myname"] || "", //"" for "anonymous"
notify: false, //email notifications
sid: mysid,
};
- if (this.state.user.id > 0)
- {
- ajax("/whoami", "GET", res => {
- this.state.user.email = res.email;
- this.state.user.notify = res.notify;
- });
- }
+ // Slow verification through the server:
+ // NOTE: still superficial identity usurpation possible, but difficult.
+ ajax("/whoami", "GET", res => {
+ this.state.user.id = res.id;
+ this.state.user.name = res.name;
+ this.state.user.email = res.email;
+ this.state.user.notify = res.notify;
+ });
this.state.conn = new WebSocket(params.socketUrl + "/?sid=" + mysid +
"&page=" + encodeURIComponent(page));
// Settings initialized with values from localStorage
this.state.conn.onclose = this.socketCloseListener;
const supportedLangs = ["en","es","fr"];
this.state.lang = localStorage["lang"] ||
- supportedLangs.includes(navigator.language)
+ (supportedLangs.includes(navigator.language)
? navigator.language
- : "en";
+ : "en");
this.setTranslations();
},
setTranslations: async function() {