Add Dexie cloud but still allow for anonymous usage

[andersr]

I would like to support a “freemium” model in my app, in which users can play around with app features locally without the need for authenticating, but can then choose to "upgrade" which will require authentication, at which point their local data is synced to the cloud.

From what I can tell, the only way this might work is to have requireAuth set to false in the Dexie cloud config. However, I have not been able to find any clear documentation of what setting this to false actually does. Regardless, I would be interested in knowing if that might be the correct approach or if there is a different recommended approach.

Any tips or insights would be appreciated!

[andersr]

Btw, I took a look at the source code to see if I could better understand what happens if requireAuth is set to false, and it seems there is no explicit handler for a false condition. (From what I can tell, sync still occurs regardless of login state, but I could be reading the code wrong.)

[andersr]

I found the following in another discussion, which is an explanation of what actually happens when setting reqiureAuth to false and I think is the answer I am looking for.

Yes, that's a scenario in dexie cloud by setting { requireAuth: false } in the options to db.cloud.configure().

The scenario is this:

1. User loads your app.
2. Cloud is connected to anonymously and if there is any data in the public realm this will be synced down to the client.
3. User interacts with your application and can create and mutate own data but that data is not yet synced to server.
4. User actively authenticates. Now the user data can be either synced up to cloud or thrown away and replaced by the persisted data for that user. This depends on the use case and should be possible for your application or user to decide. The API for this part is not yet set.

So I think this means I should be able to use dexie cloud for my above use case.