Inegration of PodOS within other apps

[thhck]

Hello,

I have a few question regarding the PodOS:

• is PodOS made to build entire app, or can I use partially PodOS in my app, like integrating a few elements ? in this case:
  • Is is possible to share logged session and state ?

[angelo-v]

Both is a goal. I imagine that you can use PodOS elements in another app. Some adjustments to share the auth and store are probably still needed. In future you should be able to build at least some small apps/dashboards with PodOS only as well

[angelo-v]

Created an issue for this #87

[josephguillaume]

There's a non-minimal example of accessing the authenticated fetcher and store at #48 (comment) for how this can be done currently if pos-app is present on the page (which it needs to be for many components to work). pos-login is also needed to manage login but is not needed for public RDF.

The same issue notes a use case for being able to externally specify and share the RDF store.

The interface to receive the os object is fairly simple (emitting a pod-os:init event with a callback function).

Reimplementing the functionality of pos-app is also not difficult if you need custom functionality - I have done so in the past.

PodOS/elements/src/components/pos-app/pos-app.tsx

Line 34 in ad2ea7b

this.os = createPodOS();

I regularly use PodOS to build apps that suit my needs, but I have had to experiment with new custom components to make this possible. Some of these components have been added as issues and will be on the roadmap to make dashboards possible.

If you can elaborate on the use case, I can try drafting some additional developer documentation.