REST API Security

A collection of 11 posts
Introduction to REST API Security

Introduction to REST API Security

REST API? REST is an acronym for Representational State Transfer. This is a software architectural style that allows for many protocols and underlying characteristics the government of client and server behavior. Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of clearly defined methods of communication between various software components. A good »
RESTful APIs Technologies Overview

RESTful APIs Technologies Overview

What technology goes into an API? APIs are driven by a set of specific technologies, making them easily understood by a wide variety of developers. A focus on simplicity means that APIs can work with any common programming language and be understood by any programmer, even one with little or »
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Top 5 REST API Security Guidelines

Top 5 REST API Security Guidelines

When developing REST API, one must pay attention to security aspects from the beginning. In this post I will review and explain top 5 security guidelines when developing and testing REST APIs. REST (or REpresentational State Transfer) is a means of expressing specific entities in a system by URL path »
RESTful API Authentication Basics

RESTful API Authentication Basics

Almost every REST API must have some sort of authentication. One of the most common headers is call Authorization. Wait a minute, we are talking about authentication but why the Authorization header? Authentication vs. Authorization The distinction between authentication and authorization is important in understanding how RESTful APIs are working »