Config file(s)

[rishabhsingh971]

A config file can be made to store different stuff like:

• username, password (after informing and taking permission from user)
• user settings
• last request time (to override old submission by a new one)
  Also, metadata about each file downloaded can be stored in the same/different config.

[rajat19]

What you want to have in user settings ?

[rajat19]

Also,
how are we planning to store passwords ?
As it would be required to login user
and we can't store it in old plain text

should we store some cookie instead ?

[rishabhsingh971]

What you want to have in user settings ?

some/all of the inputs that can be configured by user (like username, limit, etc)

should we store some cookie instead ?

storing cookie is a good idea
we can also cache the entire session. For that we can either manually pickle session or use https://github.com/rishabhsingh971/persession

[rajat19]

Other than storing cookie/session
everything else is covered in #32

[rishabhsingh971]

storing cookie is a good idea
we can also can cache the entire session. For that we can either manually pickle session or use https://github.com/rishabhsingh971/persession

What do you think about this @rajat19 @rajatgoyal715?

[rajatgoyal715]

Yeah, sure. It looks like a good idea to me. But just one quick question - what's the expiration time of a cookie in general (like from hackerrank side)? Or there is no expiration time, like will the same cookie (which we'll save once) work every time till eternity?

[rishabhsingh971]

From this, I guess expiration time is either 1 year or 1 week (if remember_hacker_token is considered). Maybe @rajat19 can enlighten us?

[rajatgoyal715]

@rishabhsingh971 You mean 2 weeks in case of remember_hacker_token?

[rishabhsingh971]

I meant 2 weeks, if remember_hacker_token has a role in keeping the user logged in.

[rajatgoyal715]

@rishabhsingh971 Can you please create a separate issue out of this? IMO we should have this discussion on the new issue, because this issue will be closed by #32