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# supportm
mitch_83302
08/21/2024, 1:41 PMI would like to build a node program that uses the medplum libraries as a pure backend job. I think we will need to do these sorts of operations as a part of various batch jobs that run outside of medplum (so, if I am understanding things, not bots) The code I am running is just
export async function App(): Promise {
const medplum = new MedplumClient();
const loginAuth = await medplum.startLogin({
email: "mgolden@mitchgolden.com",
password: "LateWrittenThoseMade0",
});
console.log(loginAuth);
}
The issue I am having is that I see the core uses a reference to the Storage class. This is a browser-only construct. The error I get is
ReferenceError: sessionStorage is not defined
at Mt.startPkce (file:///home/mgolden/clients/humanaut/medplum-initial-test.old/node_modules/@medplum/core/dist/esm/index.mjs:43:11961)
at Mt.ensureCodeChallenge (file:///home/mgolden/clients/humanaut/medplum-initial-test.old/node_modules/@medplum/core/dist/esm/index.mjs:3:47225)
at Mt.startLogin (file:///home/mgolden/clients/humanaut/medplum-initial-test.old/node_modules/@medplum/core/dist/esm/index.mjs:3:46911)
at App (file:///home/mgolden/clients/humanaut/medplum-initial-test.old/dist/src/app.js:4:37)
What I am trying to do is just use medplumClient.startLogin({
email: "mgolden@mitchgolden.com",
password: "...",
});
and see the response.
mitch_83302
08/21/2024, 2:02 PM@rahul1 I don't see any static methods on medplumClient. It would seem to me that as I understand the way startLogin is operating, it should essentially be a constructor.
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reshma
08/22/2024, 5:38 PMmaybe basic auth is useful for this use case? https://www.medplum.com/docs/auth/methods#server-side
reshma
08/22/2024, 6:18 PMCLI is also useful for batch jobs https://www.medplum.com/docs/cli
m
mitch_83302
08/22/2024, 6:54 PMLooking at this now. So is the idea that startLogin is always for a browser? The documentation is not clear on that if that is the case.
r
rahul1
08/22/2024, 10:06 PM@mitch_83302 thanks for flagging, and I agree that the documentation should reflect this more properly
rahul1
08/22/2024, 10:07 PMThe suggestion of basic auth is because, for communication from a trusted environment, it tends to be more performant. There is no handshake to create an auth token, and the bearer token does not need to be stored
rahul1
08/22/2024, 10:12 PMIf also want to layer on access restrictions based on a specific user, you can use the
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