What is an API key? An API key is a mechanism used to authenticate two pieces of software for programmatic access. Contrast this with a username and password, which is typically used for a user like you or I to authenticate with a website so that we can navigate around and use the site. An API key is meant to be a way for a programmer or other advanced user to automatically interact with the system.| dade
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This document defines the "Basic" Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) authentication scheme, which transmits credentials as user-id/ password pairs, encoded using Base64.| IETF Datatracker
HTTP provides a general framework for access control and authentication. This page is an introduction to the HTTP framework for authentication, and shows how to restrict access to your server using the HTTP "Basic" scheme.| MDN Web Docs
Protecting static websites hosted on AWS S3 public buckets with a username and password. AWS CloudFront Functions used to add HTTP Basic Authentication.| jamesthom.as
