Sharing cloudDB between two projects

[KnowScratcher]

Hey, community. I wanted to know how to share cloudDB data, cos the reference says" A system administrator may also provide a special value to you which can be used to share data between multiple projects from multiple people." I want to know how to do that. Thanks!

[TIMAI2]

See here

Two Button Game with Cloud DB

Hi @Russell_Strand-Poole, Thanks for the question and it's good to see you figured out a workable solution. However, two things to keep in mind: The Token is generated as a function of the user ID. Therefore, it's not recommended to share tokens associated with a user account for security reasons. What you can do instead is use code.appinventor.mit.edu to create an anonymous account and then copy the token from that anonymous account. Tokens are regenerated when loading the project, but you c…

[SteveJG]

Some help with this @jis

Are you the 'system administrator' and how would this work in practice. Thanks.

[ABG]

@KnowScratcher

I wanted to know how to share cloudDB data

You could also make your own CloudDB server. See

FAQ Section: CloudDB

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[jis]

I can make special tokens that allow different developers to share variables in CloudDB. Unfortunately it isn't automated yet. I have contacted @KnowScratcher directly to arrange it.