Title :
API Keys to the Kingdom
Author :
Farrell, Stephen
Author_Institution :
Trinity Coll. Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
Many Web 2.0 services offer Web 2.0 APIs for developers to use. In this article, I review one of the security mechanisms that´s often included in such Web 2.0 APIs - the use of API keys - and some of the deployment issues associated with their use.
Keywords :
Web services; application program interfaces; security of data; API keys; Web 2.0 API; Web 2.0 services; Web security; security mechanisms; Security; API keys; OAuth; Web 2.0 APIs; Web 2.0 security;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2009.100
