Stacks.js: Add specification for Programmatic Sign-In

[chris-asl]

As a developer I would like to be able to use programmatic sign in, where the flow does not involve the UI (browser) at all.

To help a bit further, my usecase is an app that when executed like so node my_app publish a_message, will write in a my_file.json in my storage on Gaia and then terminate.

As @jackzampolin suggested in Slack, it would be nice to spec a flow for non UI auth.

Possibly related issue: #265.

[jackzampolin]

I think this could be solved by specing out a signin flow for CLI applications. This would be useful for:

• Generation of user specific indexes written directly to app storage periodically
• IoT integration
• etc...

[jackzampolin]

This is a related issue: https://github.com/blockstack/gaia/issues/96

[brandonparee]

Maybe a good solution for this would be to take some of the logic out of Blockstack browser create a new repository called blockstack-auth or something similar?

All of the logic from taking in the mnemonic and creating all of your profiles and private keys per app?

I think it actually might look similar to your repository @jackzampolin :) (https://github.com/jackzampolin/blockstack-pki)

[adambarthelson]

+1

[jackzampolin]

I think the plan here is to pull the logic out of the browser and move it to blockstack.js.

A lot of that code is here if anyone wants to take a crack at it.

[bodymindarts]

Discussing ways to integrate blockstack apps with third parties today with @xdamman we came to the conclusion that this is a critical element.

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