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EPISODE · May 23, 2012 · 7 MIN

#352 Securing an API

from RailsCasts (Mobile) · host Ryan Bates

There are many approaches to locking down an API. Here I start off with HTTP Basic authentication then move on to generating a unique token which can be passed through a URL parameter or HTTP header.

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There are many approaches to locking down an API. Here I start off with HTTP Basic authentication then move on to generating a unique token which can be passed through a URL parameter or HTTP header.

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