How would an app hosted outside the IC accept tokens created on the IC? #13
Description
Problems:
- There are no flows for apps hosted outside the IC to accept tokens created on the IC
- Since canisters are limited to 1 http_request method, the "payment" method would be helpful except in the case of the application wanting more control of this payment interface
@SuddenlyHazel has suggested this on Twitter
1. Token contract implements http_request method so It can serve a UI.
2. Apps redirect users to token contact passing b64 encoded request (w/ payment metadata) in URL.
3. Token contract ui extracts request from URL, handles the rest.
Using the above with the some token events scheme - once a user checks out, the app contract would be notified, and everything would "just work" from the users perspective.
@ALLiDoizCode suggested in the same thread:
Another solution for those app would be to expose canister methods through JavaScript and loading that canister’s UI in a headless web view and evaluating the JavaScript. That way those apps have access to all the available canister methods