API key
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api-key-171-5426954
title:
API key
text:
An application programming interface (API) key is a secret unique identifier used to authenticate and authorize a user, developer, or calling program to an API. Cloud computing providers such as Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services recommend that API keys only be used to authenticate projects, rather than human users.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Unique user identifier
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/API_key
date created:
2009-04-08T22:37:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T10:47:41Z
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