Feature Request: include a super macaroon for litd in the GUI

[ZZiigguurraatt]

Would like to see a super macaroon for litd available in the GUI.

We can open a terminal and run

litcli bakesupermacaroon --save_to ~/.lit/regtest/super.macaroon

however, it would be nice to just be in the GUI for quick copy and paste.

Also, all macaroons that are available in the GUI are available under a path on the host like

/home/xxxxxxxxxxx/.polar/networks/1/volumes/litd/dave/lit/regtest/lit.macaroon

which can be used by other test scripts running on the host as soon as the node is setup. Would be nice for the super macaroon to automatically be available this way too.

[jamaljsr]

The Polar UI currently shows the macaroon files that are auto-generated on startup by lnd & litd. Since the super macaroon isn't automatically created by the nodes, Polar would need to make an RPC call to create it. This is certainly doable, but I just wanted to provide a bit of clarity on why this isn't already in Polar today.

[ZZiigguurraatt]

I didn't think of that, but it makes sense.

Wondering if it would be better to have a config option for litd to auto generate super.macaroon on startup if it doesn't exist instead of doing that in polar? There could be a lot more use cases where you might want this outside of polar too.

[AmosOO7]

Just to clarify, the fix to the issue raised here is to create a button, that when clicked on copies the lit-cli command, right?

[pseudozach]

Just to clarify, the fix to the issue raised here is to create a button, that when clicked on copies the lit-cli command, right?

I'm pretty sure the original request is for 1 or 2 additional buttons for litd that can run this command litcli bakesupermacaroon --save_to ~/.lit/regtest/super.macaroon and then copy the macaroon to the clipboard. if file already exists, just copy contents.

I know it's been a while but would that work @ZZiigguurraatt ?

[ZZiigguurraatt]

Yes, that is what I put in my original request.

[TomLucasakaTGeek]

I would like to take this issue

[pseudozach]

I would like to take this issue

not sure how it works but I'm also working on a PR for this, I'm testing locally @jamaljsr 👋

[TomLucasakaTGeek]

sir @pseudozach you are an experienced fellow in the bitcoin ecosystem, if possible can I work on this issue as I am just starting out. I do not want to interfere with your work, if possible provide me an approach to how you are going about this issue or we can collaborate, that will be educational for me too.

[pseudozach]

sir @pseudozach you are an experienced fellow in the bitcoin ecosystem, if possible can I work on this issue as I am just starting out. I do not want to interfere with your work, if possible provide me an approach to how you are going about this issue or we can collaborate, that will be educational for me too.

please go ahead and work on it, I'm happy to help to review as well. As long as we're helpful here :)