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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 46 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

Not that strange. Different users may belong to different groups which may have different authentication backends. The associated authentication method is brought up once a username has been provided.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 18 points 3 hours ago

if your choice of api route directly affects your auth flow something is very wrong.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 hours ago

You can do that as part of an OAuth workflow. You don’t need to have them on separate pages for that to happen.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Yes, but, it also lets them slurp up email addresses. Routing users is legit tho.