📅 2025-05-27 — Session: Developed SaaS Product and API Authentication Strategies
🕒 17:40–18:20
🏷️ Labels: Saas, Api Authentication, Mvp Launch, Paywall, User Management
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The primary objective of this session was to advance the development of RAGFlow into a marketable SaaS product by refining its technical architecture and implementing robust API authentication strategies.
Key Activities
- Conducted a technical analysis of RAGFlow’s frontend stack, focusing on React and hooks, to ensure scalability and compliance with legal and ethical standards.
- Created a comparative table for product communication strategies, targeting different audiences with tailored sales strategies and content.
- Outlined prioritized deliverables for the MVP launch, emphasizing a seamless monetization layer and go-to-market strategy.
- Provided detailed code snippets for user management in a Flask application, including trial expiration checks and user activity validation.
- Developed a tenant-based enforcement strategy for API authentication using APIToken and tenant-based access control.
- Proposed diagnostic and implementation steps for a paywall system, including middleware and decorators.
- Enhanced paywall logic in the document upload pipeline to integrate user plan checks.
Achievements
- Established a clear path for converting RAGFlow into a SaaS product with a strong technical foundation.
- Developed a robust API authentication strategy to enhance security and user management.
- Prepared actionable deliverables for the MVP launch, setting the stage for a successful go-to-market strategy.
Pending Tasks
- Finalize the implementation of the paywall system and ensure its integration with the document upload pipeline.
- Complete the remaining prioritized deliverables for the MVP launch within the next 48 hours.