Software Engineering

API Authentication Methods with Ruby

In this course, you will learn how to work with various API authentication methods using Ruby. You’ll explore the basics of API Key authentication, manage sessions using cookies, and interact with APIs using JSON Web Tokens (JWTs). By the end of this course, you’ll be able to access and interact with protected APIs securely.

JWT

Ruby

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4 lessons

18 practices

1 hour

Authentication and Authorization

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Accessing Protected Routes with API Keys

Preview

Observing Unauthorized API Requests

Securing Requests with API Keys

Fix the API Key Header

Secure API Key Access

Secure Your API Request with POST

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Faith Yim

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Alex Bush

Full Stack Engineer

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API Authentication Methods with Ruby

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Unit 15 practices19 min

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Unit 35 practices19 min

Unit 43 practices13 min

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