[GitHub] mdeuser commented on a change in pull request #267: --web-secure generated integer must be within api gw max int range

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mdeuser commented on a change in pull request #267: --web-secure generated integer must be within api gw max int range
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-cli/pull/267#discussion_r179511741
 
 

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 File path: commands/action.go
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 @@ -1194,10 +1195,12 @@ func printSavedActionCodeSuccess(name string) {
 			}))
 }
 
-// Generate a random int64 number to be used as a web action's
+// Generate a random number to be used as a web action's require-whisk-auth secret
 func genWebActionSecureKey() int64 {
 	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().Unix()))
-	return r.Int63()
+
+	// Truncate integer for API GW interoperability
+	return r.Int63() & MAX_JS_INT
 
 Review comment:
   not well.  i think the better validation test might be in the api creation (would be a separate pr) to validate this value before using it to create the api.

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