2 files changed, 49 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/application/Updater.php b/application/Updater.php
index f0d02814..38de3350 100644
--- a/application/Updater.php
+++ b/application/Updater.php
@@ -256,6 +256,29 @@ class Updater
 
         return true;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize API settings:
+     *   - api.enabled: true
+     *   - api.secret: generated secret
+     */
+    public function updateMethodApiSettings()
+    {
+        if ($this->conf->exists('api.secret')) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $this->conf->set('api.enabled', true);
+        $this->conf->set(
+            'api.secret',
+            generate_api_secret(
+                $this->conf->get('credentials.login'),
+                $this->conf->get('credentials.salt')
+            )
+        );
+        $this->conf->write($this->isLoggedIn);
+        return true;
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/application/Utils.php b/application/Utils.php
index 0a5b476e..62902341 100644
--- a/application/Utils.php
+++ b/application/Utils.php
@@ -231,3 +231,29 @@ function autoLocale($headerLocale)
     }
     setlocale(LC_ALL, $attempts);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Generates a default API secret.
+ *
+ * Note that the random-ish methods used in this function are predictable,
+ * which makes them NOT suitable for crypto.
+ * BUT the random string is salted with the salt and hashed with the username.
+ * It makes the generated API secret secured enough for Shaarli.
+ *
+ * PHP 7 provides random_int(), designed for cryptography.
+ * More info: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4356289/php-random-string-generator
+
+ * @param string $username Shaarli login username
+ * @param string $salt     Shaarli password hash salt
+ *
+ * @return string|bool Generated API secret, 12 char length.
+ *                     Or false if invalid parameters are provided (which will make the API unusable).
+ */
+function generate_api_secret($username, $salt)
+{
+    if (empty($username) || empty($salt)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return str_shuffle(substr(hash_hmac('sha512', uniqid($salt), $username), 10, 12));
+}