[feature][self-hosted]: Add Issue API - Add changeable actor field OR system API Tokens

[SaadBazaz]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Summary

Preface

I've created a wickedly cool Plane Discord bot (might open source soon) for my self-hosted instance, which can create issues through a /create-issue command.

Problem

The issue is, if I've created the API Token from my account (let's say "saad.bazaz"), then when someone creates an issue using the Bot, "saad.bazaz" appears as the actor. I would like to change the actor to be the person who created the issue via Discord (let's say it's "john.doe").

Possible Solution

• Either have API tokens "without identities", i.e. a system-wide API token, OR,
• Allow the actor to be defined in the Add Issue API

Why should this be worked on?

This makes it easier to make integrations for a team.

[Prashant-Surya]

We’re releasing a better way to create apps for Plane! For Cloud, you can follow this guide to create an app: https://developers.plane.so/api-reference/byoa/build-plane-app

This lets you interact with Plane both as a bot and as a user. We’ll be releasing this for self-hosted soon.

[SaadBazaz]

@Prashant-Surya - Thanks for sharing. Will check it out.