How do I stop people from using my API?

How do I stop people from using my API?

The only guaranteed why to stop unwanted usage is to perform some form of user authentication. Such as requiring the user of your app providing a username and password each time they start the app and passing this to the server.

How do I secure a RESTful API?

Secure Your REST API: Best Practices

1. Protect HTTP Methods.
2. Whitelist Allowable Methods.
3. Protect Privileged Actions and Sensitive Resource Collections.
4. Protect Against Cross-Site Request Forgery.
5. URL Validations.
6. XML Input Validation.
7. Security Headers.
8. JSON Encoding.

How do you secure web API?

Best Practices to Secure REST APIs

1. Keep it Simple. Secure an API/System – just how secure it needs to be.
2. Always Use HTTPS.
3. Use Password Hash.
4. Never expose information on URLs.
5. Consider OAuth.
6. Consider Adding Timestamp in Request.
7. Input Parameter Validation.

Can someone else use your API key?

Yes, you will still get charged even if the api key is not used accordingly to what you may expect simply because the api service has no way to know if it is some of your intented use.

Do you need to trust your JavaScript server?

While there are various ways to create a trust relationship with the client you have distributed, all of them can be hacked, cracked, or bypassed. Never trust any data coming from outside your server. Ever. Never rely on connections to be coming from your client or a major web browser. Everything can be spoofed with enough time and effort.

Is there any way to prevent someone from using your email address?

With the way that SMTP works, anyone anywhere can specify any email address as their From address as long as they have a mail server that allows them to do so. From address may be completely false or even non-existent. Note: There is no way to prevent other people from using your email address.

How are user accounts protected in stateless service?

User accounts are already protected because the stateless service requires that they send their credentials on every request. There are no sessions and no cookies. I need to stop bot-spam on the unsecured calls, such as create-new-account.

Can a developer use the API of a server?

If your application presents those keys to the server, you are allowed to use their APIs.