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Where do I put API key in http request?
If your API key is in that URL, everybody has it. It is better to use API Key in header, not in URL. URLs are saved in browser’s history if it is tried from browser.
Using API keys is a way to authenticate an application accessing the API, without referencing an actual user. The app adds the key to each API request, and the API can use the key to identify the application and authorize the request.
How to pass API key in header of url?
A better approach is to pass it in header of request url.you can set user-key header in your code . For testing your request Url you can use Postman app in google chrome by setting user-key header to your api-key. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!
What’s the difference between HTTP AUTH and API keys?
Furthermore, API keys are also not standardized, meaning every API has a unique implementation. HTTP Basic Auth is a simple method that creates a username and password style authentication for HTTP requests. This technique uses a header called Authorization, with a base64 encoded representation of the username and password.
What’s the best place to use an API key?
I’m designing a REST API using authorization/authentication via an API Key. I tried to figure out what is the best place for it and found out that many people suggest using a custom HTTP header such as ProjectName-Api-Key, eg: but also it’s possible and ideologically correct to use the Authorization header with a custom scheme, eg:
Why do we need a header for AUTH?
Because nowadays supporting different authentication or/and authorization protocols have become a must-have. If we plan to use the Authorization header for all these protocols, we have to make our auth service consistent. The way to communicate what kind of token we send and what authorization protocol should be applied should go in the header too.