API key
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An application programming interface (API) key is a secret unique identifier used to authenticate and authorize a user, developer, or calling program to an API. Cloud computing providers such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services recommend that API keys only be used to authenticate projects, rather than human users.
An application programming interface (API) key is a secret unique identifier used to authenticate and authorize a user, developer, or calling program to an API. Cloud computing providers such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services recommend that API keys only be used to authenticate projects, rather than human users. POST /something HTTP/1.1 Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9... In the query string: POST /something?api_key=abcdef12345 HTTP/1.1 As a request header: GET /something HTTP/1.1 X-API-Key: abcdef12345 As a cookie: GET /something HTTP/1.1 Cookie: X-API-KEY=abcdef12345
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