CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2023 - E2377. Reimplement impersonating users (functionality within impersonate controller.rb)

Expertiza

Expertiza is a Ruby on Rails based open source project. Instructors have the ability to add new projects, assignments, etc., as well as edit existing ones. Later on, they can view student submissions and grade them. Students can also use Expertiza to organize into teams to work on different projects and assignments and submit their work. They can also review other students' submissions.

Problem Statement

The current expertiza platform allows authorized users to impersonate others, utilizing session-based authentication. The challenge is to reimplement this feature in the new expertiza backend (https://github.com/expertiza/reimplementation-back-end), which employs JWT token authentication.

Key challenges include adapting the existing session-based logic to work seamlessly with JWT tokens and transitioning from a Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture to an API-only setup, requiring responses in JSON format. The goal is to ensure the smooth integration of the impersonation feature into the new backend while addressing authentication changes and architectural shifts.

Team

Mentor
Renji Joseph Sabu <rsabu@ncsu.edu>

Students
Manoj Ayyappan <mayyapp@ncsu.edu>
Pradeep Patil <papatil@ncsu.edu>
Maya Patel <mdpatel2@ncsu.edu>

Pull Request

Changes for this project are under Expertiza Pull Request