[Koha-bugs] [Bug 25952] Github search for plugin throwing errors due to API rate limits

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=25952

--- Comment #6 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
(In reply to Magnus Enger from comment #5)
> It does seem a bit brittle if we are already reaching the limits of the API.
> Do you have another approach in mind or do you think the whole “search and
> install” feature should be reverted?
> 

I don't think that it should be reverted, but I think a manifest based approach
would be more robust. It's something I plan to work on eventually one day in
the future.

Basically, we'd point the Koha config at a set of URLs (which are either for 
files or directories depending on the implementation) and we'd download
manifests of available Koha plugins. (Basically, it's the same model as package
managers.)

The neat part of that would also be that sysadmins could choose which manifests
to point at or even point to a local one of curated plugins. It would be quite
flexible.

The only downside I see with the manifests is that they would need to be
updated, but I think that's really more of a plugin developer issue than a Koha
issue.

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