[Koha-devel] API keys

[David Cook]

Thanks, Jonathan. 

I figured someone must be thinking about this for the REST API : )

David Cook
Systems Librarian
Prosentient Systems
72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Druart [mailto:jonathan.druart at bugs.koha-community.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 January 2016 7:34 PM
> To: David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>
> Cc: Koha Devel <koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org>
> Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] API keys
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> See bug 13920 and bug 14868.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
> 
> 2016-01-06 2:14 GMT+00:00 David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>:
> > Hey all:
> >
> >
> >
> > What do people think about having keys for Koha APIs? Someone would
> > register a key in Koha and give that key to the developer, the
> > developer puts it in their app configuration, and they’re good to go.
> >
> >
> >
> > One advantage would be that apps utilizing web services wouldn’t
> > actually have access to Koha itself – just to the APIs associated with the API
> key.
> > By that same token, a Koha administrator could easily revoke access to
> > an API if necessary for whatever reason.
> >
> >
> >
> > I’m sure there are other advantages as well. I was thinking a single
> > API key could replace the username/password pair, but you still might
> > want a client_id and an API key, so you’re still managing two fields
> > in your configuration.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyway, just a thought.
> >
> >
> >
> > David Cook
> >
> > Systems Librarian
> >
> > Prosentient Systems
> >
> > 72/330 Wattle St, Ultimo, NSW 2007
> >
> >
> >
> >
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