Hey, Everyone,
I want to embed a Coda page into another platform of ours where the user is already authenticated.
Ideally, I would like to be able to embed the Coda page with zero permissions on editing, not even a Coda account required - as the only people who will ever see that page are people who are authenticated and accessing it via the embed.
Is this possible?
I have embedded to test and it says that changes can’t be saved, which is not helpful at all.
Thanks!
Bumping this. Any thoughts on whether editing an embed is possible?
Hi @Jono_Bacon!
Unfortunately, what you described is not possible in Coda due to its permission system. Coda’s architecture is built on an authentication and access control model to ensure data security. Therefore, bypassing authentication for an embedded page is not an option. I haven’t seen such capabilities in similar platforms either. It would indeed be incredibly convenient, but I’m afraid this feature is unlikely to appear anytime soon.
@Tamerlan_PRO thanks for the reply!
As a follow on question - do you know if we can enable an embedded Coda doc to be edited by people who have access to the source doc and who are logged in?
I could see a solution where they need to be logged into Coda but they can edit the embed instead of going to the original doc.
Is this possible?
As far as I know, a similar feature in Google Docs is possible thanks to the mechanism of automatic authentication through cookies and the SSO technology, if I’m not mistaken. If an embedded Google Docs document is opened in a browser where the user is already logged in, the service automatically retrieves their account data via these cookies. This way, the user can edit embedded Google Docs documents on a third-party platform.
In essence, for Coda to pull off the same trick, it would need to have a global authentication system like Google’s. 
So, to answer your question, I think it’s highly unlikely and extremely challenging to implement.
Hey @Jono_Bacon , thanks for reaching out. @Tamerlan_PRO is absolutely correct. Coda docs, when published, can only work in Play Mode, rather than an editable mode. While this is not possible at this time, this sounds like a feature request the Coda team has been tracking for editable embedded Coda docs. That said, we have moved this post into the Suggestion Box for other members of the Community to chime in on this. We’ve gone ahead and tracked your vote for this feature formally.