I'm working with WCF at the moment and attempting to implement a custom security model based around an API key and signature (similar to how Facebook/Flickr/OAuth etc. work). There are a while bunch of classes like ServiceAuthorizationManager, SecurityToken, SecurityTokenValidator, IAuthorizationPolicy and so on, but I can't seem to fin...
I'm faced with a problem with a small web application I'm developping: My HTML-source will be integrated into the HTML source on another site. I'm using a Google Map in my code, so I have to pass a API-Key for loading the Google Maps-script on the current domain. The problem: My code will be integrated on two different domains, requirin...
For a pet project, I develop a desktop application which requires API keys from several different webservices. I've been going through and preparing this application to become open-sourced and run across the problem of what to do with those keys. The problem is this: My understanding is that these API keys should not be visible to any...
Does anyone have a good solution for managing the maps api key, given that: developers work locally, using localhost we have a staging server, accessed internally via http://stagehost and externally (for customers) via IP address finally, a production server (http://some.domain.com) Two questions: First, how do people manage their k...
Is it possible to access Facebook APIs for logging in a user, or to allow a user to become a fan of a fan page through a third party site, without actually creating an app on facebook? ...
Hi, im interested how many api calls per second or per minute i can do with my flickr API Key? is there a limit or is it unlimited? ...
I am just starting to think about how api keys and secret keys work. Just 2 days ago I signed up for Amazon S3 and installed the S3Fox Plugin. They asked me for both my Access Key and Secret Access Key, both of which require me to login to access. So I'm wondering, if they're asking me for my secret key, they must be storing it somewh...
When developing a Google Maps or Recaptcha implementation, you can sign up for a free API key using However, in a large company, you don't want to tie these keys to a developer's gmail account. Does anyone have suggestions or best practices how Google API Keys should be managed on an organizational level? Who owns them? ...
I have an open source Android app which I am planning on adding Flurry tracking to. Flurry creates a unique API key for your app's tracking. Do I need to try and hide this API key in my source code (i.e. not include it and I would add it every time I build for release) or just not worry about it? ...
My application uses a large number of MapView screens and I'm trying to figure out how to manage the API key between the debug environment and production. Apparently, there is no way to change the debug application key in Eclipse so I must use a debug map API key in that environment. Conversely, there is no way to export a package for be...
I'm creating an application that uses a personal API key. How can I open source the application? Possible Duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1983990/how-to-open-source-an-application-that-uses-api-keys I guess now my question is, which is a good option to use? ...
I'm developing some (wordpress) plugins and I'm planning to have a license fee for whoever want's to use it. Therefor I need a way to make sure that this plugin is not uploaded to a server where anyone can download it and use it for free. So I was thinking of using an API key. Valid API key = user can use the plugin. Invalid = plugin d...
I'm using MapView in my app. I have API key from google fore my release key store. I'exporting signed APK with eclipse and trying to install it on devices. On G1 device with Android 1.6 everything works well, but on HTC Desire with android 2.2 maps doesn't appear. I see just grey grid and zoom controls. Where problem can be? Please h...