Secure External APIs with API Keys - and Keep the Villains at Bay

Lee P Richardson

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How to secure external web APIs

This blog post is about how to secure external web APIs, as shown with diagrams, detailed videos, and a whole working Pull Request in a sample GitHub repo. This post is fairly specific to the security model in the ASP.NET Boilerplate framework, but even if you're not using that framework, this technique should be generally applicable.

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Lee P Richardson

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Lee is a Microsoft MVP and a prolific writer, speaker, and youtuber on .Net and open source topics. Lee is a Solution Samurai at InfernoRed ( http://infernoredtech.com). When not coding he enjoys running, mountain biking, smoking brisket, electronics, 3D printing, and woodworking. He is active on twitter where you can reach him @lprichar ( https://twitter.com/lprichar).

Secure External APIs with API Keys - and Keep the Villains at Bay

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