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Add boolean flags for OAproxy to institutions and resources

We currently have an openathens boolean flag on both institutions and resources.

For OAproxy (the EZproxy workaround), we need an oa_proxy boolean flag on both institutions and resources.

When a user logs in to GALILEO either via password or via IP, if oa_proxy is true for their institution, we will log the user in to that institution's OAproxy organization account at OpenAthens.

Subsequently, when that user clicks an express link for a resource that has oa_proxy true:

  • if the user is remote, GALILEO will route the user to the resource via the OpenAthens URL (that is indexed with the allocation).
  • otherwise (user is on campus) GALILEO will route the user to the resource via the IP access URL.

Note that when a new user clicks an athenized link in the wild, it is OpenAthens that will direct the user to the resource.

Special Notes:

  • We should not have to log the user in to their institution's OAproxy org if they are on campus
  • No institution that has openathens true should have oa_proxy true
  • A resource can positively have both openathens true and oa_proxy true
  • When we index the allocation, we can fill in the OpenAthens URL for oa_proxy. This will not conflict with the existing use of the OpenAthens URL, because no institution will have both openathens true and oa_proxy true.

See also: https://gitlab.galileo.usg.edu/galileo/galileo_search/-/wikis/OpenAthens-Authentication-API-Interoperability

Edited by Brad Baxter