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    <p>Let's assume that I have created my REST service smoothly and I am returning json results.</p> <p>I also implemented API key for my users to communicate for my service.</p> <p>Then Company A started using my service and I gave them an API key.</p> <p>Then they created an <code>HttpHandler</code> for bridge <em>(I am not sure what is the term here)</em> in order not to expose API key <em>(I am also not sure it is the right way)</em>.</p> <p>For example, lets assume that my service url is as follows : </p> <blockquote> <p>www.myservice.com/service?apikey={key_comes_here}</p> </blockquote> <p>Company A is using this service from client side like below : </p> <blockquote> <p>www.companyA.com/services/service1.ashx</p> </blockquote> <p>Then they start using it on the client side.</p> <p>Company A protected the api key here. That's fine. </p> <p>But there is another problem here. Somebody else can still grab <code>www.companyA.com/services/service1.ashx</code> url and starts using my service. </p> <p>What is the way of preventing others from doing that?</p> <p>For the record, I am using WCF Web API in order to create my REST services.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE :</strong> </p> <p>Company A's HttpHandler (second link) only looks at the host header in order to see if it is coming from <code>www.companyA.com</code> or not. but in can be faked easily I guess.</p> <p><strong>UPDATE 2 :</strong></p> <p>Is there any known way of implementing a Token for the url. For example, lets say that <code>www.companyA.com/services/service1.ashx</code> will carry a querystring parameter representing a TOKEN in order for HttpHandler to check if the request is the right one.</p> <p>But there are many things here to think about I guess.</p>
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