Apps Filtering #28569

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Requirements

• Make it possible for providers to only show selected apps in the apps management
• Make it possible for Nextcloud to only show selected apps for Enterprise users
• Low development effort
• No maintenance of multiple app stores
• No additional work for app developers

Approach

If the Nextcloud is an Enterprise instance then it should check for a local file that defines the list of allowed apps. If no local file exists then a file from apps.nextcloud.com should be used for the list of allowed Enterprise apps. The subscription key should be transferred to make authentication possible in the future and maybe return a custom list.

Dummy code

if (EnterpriseVersion) {
  if (file_exist(‘config/apps.json’)) {
    //read ‘config/json’ into array $allow_apps;
  } elseif (file_exists(‘https://apps.nextcloud.com/enterpriseapps.json?key=$subscriptionkey'))
    // read ‘https://apps.nextcloud.com/enterpriseapps.json?key=$subscriptionkey' into array $allow_apps;
}

$appstore_apps = readfromappstore();

if exists($allow_apps;) {
  $appstore_apps = array_intersect ($appstore_apps, $allow_apps)
}