📅 2025-05-27 — Session: Developed SaaS Product and API Enhancements
🕒 17:40–18:20
🏷️ Labels: Saas, API, Paywall, User Management, MVP, Product Communication
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The goal of this session was to transform RAGFlow into a marketable SaaS product and enhance API authentication and paywall logic for improved user management.
Key Activities
- RAGFlow SaaS Transformation: Analyzed technical stack and considered legal and ethical aspects for converting RAGFlow into a SaaS product.
- Product Communication Strategy: Developed a comparative table for product communication strategies targeting different audiences.
- MVP Launch Preparation: Outlined prioritized deliverables for MVP launch, focusing on monetization and go-to-market strategies.
- Code Implementation: Provided detailed code snippets for user management system using Flask and Peewee.
- API Authentication Strategy: Revised tenant-based enforcement strategy for API authentication using APIToken.
- Paywall System Implementation: Diagnosed and proposed steps for implementing a paywall system, including middleware and data model patches.
- Document Upload Paywall Logic: Enhanced paywall logic in the document upload pipeline to prevent unauthorized access.
Achievements
- Established a comprehensive plan for transforming RAGFlow into a SaaS product.
- Created a strategic communication plan for product marketing.
- Defined clear deliverables for MVP launch.
- Implemented user management and API authentication improvements.
- Enhanced paywall logic to secure document uploads.
Pending Tasks
- Finalize the implementation of the proposed paywall system.
- Complete the MVP launch deliverables within the next 48 hours.