Apps Filtering

[AndyScherzinger]

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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)
}

[AndyScherzinger]

cc @schiessle

[sunjam]

Have you tried using AppOrder to change what is shown in the app menu?

You could also restrict apps to specific app groups such as "Enterprise Users"

Hope this helps in some way. Cheers!