commit fc21aca668ba5a67885d44a3877eaf87272415e4
parent 8bf6bee95ee73e08fca45cdb37476999ae5fc7c6
Author: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 23:18:14 +0200
document how to pass SITE
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/design-documents/076-paywall-proxy.rst b/design-documents/076-paywall-proxy.rst
@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ Steps:
* If such a cookie is set and valid, the request is
reverse-proxied to upstream. *Stop.*
- * Otherwise, a 302 redirect to ``/.well-known/paivana/templates/$ID``
- is returned.
+ * Otherwise, an HTTP 302 Redirect to
+ ``/.well-known/paivana/templates/$ID#SITE``
+ is returned. Here, ``$ID`` is the template ID and
+ ``$SITE`` is the website currently being visited. This way,
+ the template page can be fully static and cached, and the
+ JavaScript logic on that page can learn which website
+ to pay for (and after payment go back there).
* When the browser requests ``/.well-known/paivana/templates/$ID``
a static **cachable** paywall page is returned,
