https://github.com/ether/ep_stable_authorid

Etherpad plugin to give authenticated users the same author ID every time they log in.
https://github.com/ether/ep_stable_authorid

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Etherpad plugin to give authenticated users the same author ID every time they log in.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ether/ep_stable_authorid
• Owner: ether
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2022-03-04T07:50:18.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-03-16T22:02:33.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-09T16:53:55.915Z (10 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 91.8 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# ep\_stable\_authorid

Etherpad plugin to give authenticated users the same author ID every time they

log in. Different authenticated users get different author IDs.

Note: Etherpad limits the number of concurrent connections to one per pad per

author ID, so a single authenticated user will not be able to view the same pad

from two different browsers/tabs/devices at the same time (the older connection

will be automatically disconnected).

This plugin requires Etherpad v1.9.0 or later.

## Configuration

#### Example

The following shows the default settings:

```json

  "ep_stable_authorid": {

    "exclude": ["admin", "guest"]

  },

```

#### Details

  * `exclude` (optional, defaults to `["admin", "guest"]`): Users this plugin

    should ignore.

## Interaction with the ep\_guest Plugin

The [ep\_guest](https://github.com/ether/ep_guest#readme) plugin "authenticates"

anonymous users as a special guest user. Etherpad core does not treat this

special guest account specially when compared to any other user account. To make

it possible for multiple guest users to access a pad at the same time, add the

guest username to the `exclude` list.

When a user logs in or out their author ID will change, which avoids awkward

effects such as edits credited to someone named "Read-Only Guest".

## Copyright and License

Copyright © 2022 Richard Hansen  and the

ep\_stable\_authorid authors and contributors

Licensed under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](LICENSE) (the "License"); you

may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a

copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed

under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR

CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the

specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.