new feature: private data

[Frank Hebbert]

We're rolling out a new feature this week that Aaron will find helpful, and maybe others too: private data. 

We still have plans for full user profiles, but in the meantime, you can mark the fields you don't want to return over the api, by prefixing them with "private-". More: https://github.com/openplans/shareabouts/blob/master/doc/CONFIG.md#collecting-private-data

For people using api.shareabouts.org, we'll send a note to the list once the server is updated with this new feature. You can add the "private-" prefix right away and these won't be returned once it gets updated.

Frank

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:56 PM, Frank Hebbert <fr...@openplans.org> wrote:

Hi Aaron --

It's not possible to disable the download link at present (good to know there's demand for this as a future feature).

Bear in mind that everything in your map is accessible to anyone who has a basic understanding of web development and can use the browser console. Everything you gather from map users, including emails if you're asking for them, is viewable when your map connects to the API. Even if your template doesn't show emails, they're still in the data returned from the server. (Not true for some of the older maps like the Chicago bike share site, which is running on an older codebase where we had a different user model). 

We're planning on building better handling for user info, making the user and her details separate to the info submitted to the map, so it stays private, and we welcome suggestions for features we should include. 

Frank

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Aaron Fraint <aaron....@gmail.com> wrote:

I would like to share my data with the public, but only after I've had the opportunity to run a few cleanup scripts first.

Most importantly, I want to remove the email addresses that were submitted, but beyond that, I'd also want to find and remove any bogus entries. Once I do this, I intend to open the data back up so it can be downloaded.

If it's not possible to disable the download URL, no big deal. Just thought I'd see if there was a setting or method already built into shareabouts for this.

Thanks!

Aaron

On Tuesday, March 19, 2013 5:37:29 AM UTC-4, hanbzu wrote:

2013/3/18 Aaron Fraint <aaron....@gmail.com>:

> I'm wondering if there's an easy way to disable the option to download the
> data?

If I may ask, why do you want to disable the downloading option?

Regards,
HIBAI

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[Frank Hebbert]

Yesterday, we deployed the updated version of the Shareabouts backend to api.shareabouts.org, so you can start using private data now. Let us know if you run into any issues.

[Anthony Aisenberg]

Hi Frank,

We're testing out the private data feature at the moment. It generally works really well but we've noticed that the private data is still visible but only immediately after someone submits a place. When the pages is refreshed the private data is no longer visible which is good. While it is unlikely that someone else might see this private information it might give the person adding a place a bit of shock. Do you know if there is a way to always hide the private data after someone submits a new a place?

Thanks for your help,

Anthony. 

[Frank Hebbert]

You could modify the template for the place detail page, to only show some of the fields (and none of the private ones). 

[Anthony Aisenberg]

Thanks Frank, sorted that one out.