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0. index of available content
1. user request access to some content
   a. form submission with email, hidden content_key
2. check redis - email registered already?
3. generate hash + content_key entry
4. email user link example.com/secret/:hash
5. user clicks link
6. remove hash + content_key entry
7. deliver bytes corresponding to content_key (look in hugo /public)
8. if user refreshes the /secret:hash page and no entry is found, redirect to index

important: hugo static files stay server side, never on CDN.

services needed:
 - lambda
 - redis
 - email sender

I deployed a wordpress plugin that did something like this once.... it added a nonce to a URL which would expire, and then it emailed the link to a registered user... and then it blocked access to that content except through that nonce. so essentially doing this

fascinating! i'd love to hear more... which plugin? nonce is the word i am looking for - a 1 time use

I'm not sure if this is the exact plugin but it was something like this one... I've stopped following the wordpress world since I started with Hugo... https://wordpress.org/plugins/public-post-preview/