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How does medium implements access to premium articles?
Medium allows 3 premium stories per user for a non-member.
You can access medium in two ways:
- Logged in as a user
- Without being logged in
It is easy to implement restriction to premium stories for a logged in user as we can send 'userId' in a token for each request and keep a counter in the backend.
What I found intruding is how do they implement this restriction when stories are accessed using the 2nd method?
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Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
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Medium allows 3 premium stories per user for a non-member.
You can access medium in two ways:
- Logged in as a user
- Without being logged in
It is easy to implement restriction to premium stories for a logged in user as we can send 'userId' in a token for each request and keep a counter in the backend.
What I found intruding is how do they implement this restriction when stories are accessed using the 2nd method?
security jwt
asked Nov 20 '18 at 3:52
Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
187
add a comment |
Medium allows 3 premium stories per user for a non-member.
You can access medium in two ways:
- Logged in as a user
- Without being logged in
It is easy to implement restriction to premium stories for a logged in user as we can send 'userId' in a token for each request and keep a counter in the backend.
What I found intruding is how do they implement this restriction when stories are accessed using the 2nd method?
security jwt
asked Nov 20 '18 at 3:52
Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
187
Medium allows 3 premium stories per user for a non-member.
You can access medium in two ways:
- Logged in as a user
- Without being logged in
It is easy to implement restriction to premium stories for a logged in user as we can send 'userId' in a token for each request and keep a counter in the backend.
What I found intruding is how do they implement this restriction when stories are accessed using the 2nd method?
security jwt
security jwt
asked Nov 20 '18 at 3:52
Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
187
asked Nov 20 '18 at 3:52
Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
187
asked Nov 20 '18 at 3:52
Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
187
asked Nov 20 '18 at 3:52
Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
187
asked Nov 20 '18 at 3:52
Harsh PancholiHarsh Pancholi
187
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