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Documentation no loger suggests that actor["id"] is required, closes #823

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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Through plugins, Datasette can support both authenticated users (with cookies) a
Every request to Datasette has an associated actor value, available in the code as ``request.actor``. This can be ``None`` for unauthenticated requests, or a JSON compatible Python dictionary for authenticated users or API agents.
The only required field in an actor is ``"id"``, which must be a string. Plugins may decide to add any other fields to the actor dictionary.
The actor dictionary can be any shape - the design of that data structure is left up to the plugins. A useful convention is to include an ``"id"`` string, as demonstrated by the "root" actor below.
Plugins can use the :ref:`plugin_actor_from_request` hook to implement custom logic for authenticating an actor based on the incoming HTTP request.