Built a API with django rest framework how do i get a key for people or is it open to them

[djangorobert]

Hello fellow django users I recently built a api for just a small sprint board where tasks can be set its built with django and django rest framework what i see though  is most apis have like a key that others can use do i have to offer api keys or is mine able just able to be free thats where im confused. 

Mainly for others to use an api do i have to offer a key 

or is it ok to just let them go to the site and use it thanks 

please be patientim new with apis 

thanks Robert

[Amandeep Singh]

Hi Robert

As for as API key is concerned it's mainly to track usage records for a key which would be linked to a person/user entity and provide a layer to block unwanted requests(stops requests at middleware before hitting the view). This key could be sent in headers or as the query parameter.

But the choice of using a key is totally yours, if you are providing a universal key then it's no good and if you  are providing key per user then you could even think about using auth tokens for authorization and authentication( benefit easy to integrate with rest-framework).

Amandeep

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