API Authentication Articles and Best Practices

A collection of API Authentication articles, including best practices, guides, and tutorials. Stay updated with the latest in API Authentication

Basic Authentication and Environment Variables

API Key Authentication Articles

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By Josh Twist - 7/9/2024

Adding API Key Authentication to a Firestore API

By Joel Hans - 3/7/2024

Rebuttal: API keys can do everything

By Abdallah Abedraba - 10/23/2023

Optimize Time-To-First-Call with API key auth

JWT API Authentication Articles

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By Nate Totten - 9/14/2023

Using PropelAuth to secure your API at the Gateway

By Josh Twist - 6/27/2023

Generate Firebase JWT tokens in seconds

By Josh Twist - 4/5/2023

Using jose to validate a Firebase JWT token

Auth0 Articles

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By Nate Totten - 10/19/2022

Using Cloudflare Workers to Optimize Auth0 Universal Login

By Josh Twist - 3/17/2022

Smart API routing by Auth0 JWT Contents

By Josh Twist - 3/16/2022

JWT Authentication with Auth0

Clerk Articles

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By Nate Totten - 4/24/2024

Integrating Clerk With Zuplo For Seamless API Authentication

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Simple HTTP Authentication: A Beginner’s Guide

Tips and Best Practices for API Authentication

User-level auth in your Supabase API - Supaweek Day 2

Backend for Frontend (BFF) Authentication

Zero Downtime migration of API Authentication

The three pillars of an API program