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### What this project does not intend to solve
### What this project does not intend to solve
* It is not a replacement for whatever PhpBB ultimately releases for their [REST API](https://wiki.phpbb.com/Proposed_REST_API). It is just a workaround until PhpBB releases something that can allow for integrating with their auth system more cleanly.
* It is not a replacement for whatever PhpBB ultimately releases for their [REST API](https://wiki.phpbb.com/Proposed_REST_API). It is just a workaround until PhpBB releases something that can allow for integrating with their auth system more cleanly.
* It does not try to do more than was needed for the website I help with:
* It does not try to do more than was needed for the website I help with:
* It is currently meant to be accessed via localhost:443, and so some security features that you find in some public apis may be missing.
* It is currently meant to be accessed via https from a client on the same server, and so some security features that you find in some public apis may be missing.
* It doesn't alter the way authentication works. It mearly exposes PhpBB's existing cookie-based auth system via a json interface.
* It doesn't alter the way authentication works. It mearly exposes PhpBB's existing cookie-based auth system via a json interface.
* It does not try to qualify for upload to the PhpBB extension database. I did my best to to adhere to the [extension guidelines](https://www.phpbb.com/extensions/rules-and-policies/validation-policy/), but in the end there are some issues I couldn't avoid such as _"15. login_forum_box() or login_box() is used for login."_ for obvious reasons.
* It does not try to qualify for upload to the PhpBB extension database. I did my best to to adhere to the [extension guidelines](https://www.phpbb.com/extensions/rules-and-policies/validation-policy/), but in the end there are some issues I couldn't avoid such as _"15. login_forum_box() or login_box() is used for login."_ for obvious reasons.
