Pattern for create a webservice with Api Key?

**John Saunders** · Oct 12 '08, 08:15 PM

Re: Pattern for create a webservice with Api Key?

"marko" <marko@marko.it wrote in message
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Hi,
you know if there is a particular pattern to create a webservices
implementing the management of api key?

I doubt that there's any single pattern yet. An API key is a relatively new
concept, at least in the sense used by things like Google Maps. Before the
Internet, there were certainly software libraries one could purchase that
would need to be initialized using a license key before they could be used;
however, this was all on a single machine, and even within the address space
of a single process, so there was little "management " necessary.

You'll probably need to specify what sort of "management " functions you have
in mind. Depending on what sort of model you want, there may be something
out there. For instance, do you mean to make your API available by
subscription? Do you need to offer free trials? Do you require encryption of
messages sent using a particular API key? Questions like that will be
important in determining the patterns to use. Many of these patterns will
predate the Internet.

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John Saunders | MVP - Connected System Developer

Pattern for create a webservice with Api Key?

Pattern for create a webservice with Api Key?

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