NatLabRockies / NatLabRockies/api-umbrella
Alternatives to key-based authentication?
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Description
We are considering how to authenticate API requests with methods other than API Keys. What are the possibilities for API Umbrella to authenticate api proxy requests via additional methods? E.g. Oauth2, OpenID Connect, or SAML?
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Research direction
Start by mapping the API proxy request-authentication flow; the issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Research OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and SAML in the context of API Umbrella, then establish an agreed authentication method, implementation scope, and acceptance criteria before coding.
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Assessment
- Domain
- api, authentication, backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100