{"id":109,"date":"2021-09-06T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dpnwordpress.org\/principles-of-coding\/?p=109"},"modified":"2021-09-24T12:20:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:20:38","slug":"api-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpnwordpress.org\/principles-of-coding\/index.php\/2021\/09\/06\/api-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"API keys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An&nbsp;<strong>Application Programming Interface key<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>API key<\/strong>) is a unique identifier used to authenticate a user, developer, or calling program to an&nbsp;API.&nbsp;However, they are typically used to authenticate a&nbsp;<em>project<\/em>&nbsp;with the API rather than a human user.&nbsp;Different platforms may implement and use API keys in different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The API key often acts as both a unique identifier and a secret token for authentication, and will generally have a set of access rights on the API associated with it.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c125be-75, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c125be-75[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c125be-75\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c125be-75 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_c125be-75[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c125be-75\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_c125be-75 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_c125be-75\">Common APIs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Google Maps Platform products are secured from unauthorised use by restricting <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/maps\/documentation\/embed\/get-started\" target=\"_blank\">API calls<\/a> to those that provide proper authentication credentials. 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