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> Apart from HTTP Basic Auth, but please don't use that. What's wrong with basic auth with HTTPS? You can delegate authentication with OAUTH and then use OAUTH
by camus2 10y ago
> Apart from HTTP Basic Auth, but please don't use that.
What's wrong with basic auth with HTTPS? You can delegate authentication with OAUTH and then use OAUTH for authorization but authentication still has to be done somewhere.
- avenoir 10y agoI think Twillio API still uses or used basic auth via HTTPS.
- tomschlick 10y agoSo does Stripe. There is nothing wrong with basic auth for api tokens so long as you're using HTTPS.
- zeveb 10y ago> What's wrong with basic auth with HTTPS? The only thing wrong that I can see is that it's 2017 and the browsers still don't have a good (indeed, AFAIK, any) UI for logging out.
- nandhp 10y agoOr for staying logged in across sessions (or not). But it should be fine for an API.