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  1. Flag MyGet builds as nightly, beta, alpah, pre-release

    If the MyGet builds are marked as pre-release then it will be easy to move between MyGet builds for the same version number and also easier to upgrade to the NuGet stable build when it is released.

    I deploy to Azure Web Sites which does the nuget package restore and full solution build for me. In order to move between MyGet builds or move to the stable NuGet build, I have to log in and manually delete the package cache on every site. If the MyGet builds had their own unque version number, upgrades would be easier.

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  2. Replace System.IO.MemoryStream with Microsoft.IO.RecycableMemoryStream

    Refer to http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/873615/Announcing-Microsoft-IO-RecycableMemoryStream

    Quote:
    Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream is a MemoryStream replacement that offers superior behavior for performance-critical systems. In particular it is optimized to do the following:

    Eliminate Large Object Heap allocations by using pooled buffers
Avoid memory leaks by having a bounded pool size
Avoid memory fragmentation
Provide excellent debuggability
Provide metrics for performance tracking
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  3. Enable foreign key constraint checks for Sqlite

    Currently OrmLite's Sqlite adapter supports creation of foreign key constraints when using the ForeignKey attribute on your data classes. However the foreign keys aren't actually enforced at the database by default (for 'compatibility reasons').

    I don't know when Sqlite added the feature, but it will check constraints if you send a pragma at the start of each connection:

    http://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_foreign_keys

    I've tested a simple workaround by sending the pragma as a SQL statement in my service methods), and the constraints are enforced as expected. Cascade deletes work as expected too.

    However this isn't optimal if you want your service code to…

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    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    The EnableForeignKeysCheck/Async and DisableForeignKeysCheck/Async APIs are the RDBMS agnostic APIs for enabling/disabling FK constraints which in SQLite sets the foreign_keys PRAGMA.

    There’s no state or concept of “prepending to first db request”, the right time to call it is after opening a DB Connection which you can wrap in your own Custom SqliteOrmLiteConnectionFactory as Franck shows in comments or behind a custom IDbConnection extension method that does it or if you want it called everytime you can register it on the IOrmLiteDialectProvider’s OnOpenConnection delegate which is also available on the OrmLiteConnectionFactory’s ConnectionFilter.

  4. More Oauth/Oauth2 integration

    It would be very interesting to have a better integration with oauth protocols.

    Some ideas:
    1. Authentication/authorization provided directly by SS. At moment is possible to use oauth, but only with some external libraries (DotNetOpenAuth or others).

    1. The Access Token could be released with some oauth permissions defined in a global configuration setting. When the client request an access token, the request must contains a list of permission (like facebook, twitter and others API)

    2. The permissions can be used for authorize some services only if the oauth access token provided in the request is valid for it. For example with…

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    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    We’ve improved OAuth integration in v4.5.8 where you can now Authenticate using an AccessToken in Facebook, Twitter, Github and Google Auth Providers:

    http://docs.servicestack.net/releases/v4.5.8#integrated-facebook-twitter-and-google-logins

    This feature now enables auto-Sign Ins in Mobile / Desktop Apps using a saved Access Token.

    Please submit separate feature requests for any other individual features you’d like to see.

  5. Service Stack OrmLite 4.0.34 does not return result set for async version

    4.0.34 version of ormlite gives null for an async call
    for example

    // user1 is not null in this case
    var user1 = db.Single(db.From<Users>().Where(x => x.UserPartyId == userPartyId).Select());

    // user2 is null in this case
    var user2 = await db.SingleAsync(db.From<Users>().Where(x => x.UserPartyId == userPartyId).Select());

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  6. Add support for 64bit Xamarin.iOS (Unified API)

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  7. Allow LoadSelect to selectively load references

    Akin to the EF "Include" method, enhance OrmLite's LoadSelect method to take an optional string array of references to load. For performance reasons, I don't always want to load all references to an object, particularly if its a central object like Account or User. As a coding efficiency measure, it'd be great to pass in a list of only the reference objects or properties that are relevant to the code snippet.

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  8. Support PostgreSQL array parameters

    Currently to send in an integer array as a parameter, I have to use format.

    var ids = "ARRAY[1,2,3]";
    var sql = "SELECT 1 = ANY[{0}]".Fmt(ids);
    Db.Query<Model>(sql);

    I would rather use syntax like this:
    var ids = new int[] {1, 2, 3};
    var sql = "SELECT 1 = ANY(@ids)";
    Db.Query<Model>(sql, new { ids });

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  9. .UrlEncode(... bool lowerCase = true)

    Possibility to choose UPPER Casing for URL Encoding's ie %2F, as many public API using OAuth use upper cased encoding for signing.

    see http://oauth.net/core/1.0a/#signing_process

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  10. Customize Auth DTO Response

    Currently if we want to customize the Auth DTO Response in Credential Auth Provider, we must to rewrite the Auth Feature,the Authentication Service and the Credential Provider.
    It would be useful to be able to set a custom auth DTO Response.

    At this time there isn't a simple solution.
    I found this post on stackoverflow that explains the problem in details:

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16280319/return-a-custom-auth-response-object-from-servicestack-authentication

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    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    You can use the Meta string Dictionary to extend the AuthenticateResponse with additional custom info, but we’re not planning on trying to support for switching the AuthenticateResponse DTO entirely and breaking the Service Contract.

  11. AuthFeature().ServiceRoutes - Option to hide route /Auth

    Add a property to Remove the /Auth route, in favor of only /Authenticate instead.

    Currently, I've added the following to hide /Auth routes.

                    // This is a way to remove the /Auth route and leave /Authorize instead. We don't need 2
                ServiceRoutes = new Dictionary<Type, string[]> {{ typeof(AuthenticateService), new[] { "/" + localize(LocalizedStrings.Authenticate), "/" + localize(LocalizedStrings.Authenticate) + "/{provider}" }}},

    Maybe there is a better way? Or is this bad?

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    completed  ·  AdminDemis J Bellot (Developer, ServiceStack) responded

    Like most plugins you can configure them when registering them, you can change it to only host Authenticate Services on `/authenticate` route with:

    var authFeature = new AuthFeature(…);
    authFeature.ServiceRoutes[typeof (AuthenticateService)] = new[] {
    “/authenticate”,
    “/authenticate/{provider}”,
    };

    Plugins.Add(authFeature);

  12. Endpoint Configuration Discovery

    In WCF, I can create a udp endpoint discovery to allow client finding the service without knowing the endpoint addresses.

    Is there a similar approach using restful servicestack so that the client could discover the end point addresses using some kind of discovery detection ?

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  13. add meta documentation page for response object

    Right now only request object is parsed for ApiMember attributes to generate documentation page. We've added support to parse all properties and show documentation for "subtypes".

    Is it that much more work to add documentation to parse response object in similar manner? And show documentation for it as well?

    Ideally it'd be in sections on the meta doc page.
    Request
    request types

    Response
    response types

    I can take a stab at it, but might misdesign again.

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  14. Redis implementation of MemoryServerEvents

    Just it! I would like to use the SSE feature with load balancing.

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  15. Implement SQL Server 2012 Paging with OFFSET and FETCH

    Add and option to use "SQL Server 2012" features/dialect and use OFFSET and FETCH for paging.

    The new SQL Server 2012 paging feature will offer better performance and generated sql will be easier to understand.

    http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2696/comparing-performance-for-different-sql-server-paging-methods/

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  16. Provider Async support for OrmLite

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  17. AsyncRequestFilters

    We are creating a api that uses authorization attribute request filter in all paths(except login, of course). The attribute request for authorization to another system. Because request filters are sync the request is blocked and waiting for response at this point. A solution can be that request filters can returns a Task. Something like this:

    public override Task ProcessRequestAsync(IRequest httpReq, IResponse httpRes, string operationName){

                .....


            return Task.Factory.ContinueWhenAll(appHost.ApplyAsyncRequestFilters(httpReq, httpRes, request),
                tasks => httpRes.IsClosed ? null : GetResponse(httpReq, request))
                .ContinueWith(tResponse => HandleResponse(tResponse.Result, response =>
                {
                    if (appHost.ApplyResponseFilters(httpReq, httpRes, response))
                        return null;

                    if (responseContentType.Contains("jsv") && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(httpReq.QueryString["debug"]))
                        return WriteDebugResponse(httpRes, response);

                    if (doJsonp && !(response
    …
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  18. Create PCL/Silverlight version of MsgPackServiceClient

    The MessagePack format seems pretty ideal for communication between a ServiceStack service and a Silverlight client. Unfortunately there is no PCL package for ServiceStack.MsgPack.

    On top of that it would be useful to split the client and server parts into separate packages.

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  19. Support SSL connection to Redis instances hosted as PaaS in public clouds such as Azure.

    At this time, StackExchange.Redis is the only .Net library I can find that supports SSL connections to Azure Redis. I imagine others will follow suit. It would be useful to have SSL connection available in ServiceStack as well. Thanks.

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  20. GZip/Deflate on PCL clients

    Support http compression on clients (Xamarin/sl5) with Microsoft Compression BCL library

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