Authenticate API with a variable key assigned to user

Need help APIs
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Hi there, have tried to find an answer to this but not sure. I am a bit of a noob when it comes to auth.

The API I am using has a Create Account component that returns a key I have my own API key for this which is fixed and is no problem. I assign the returned key to the user I am signing up.

My issue is that the user needs to authenticate another API using their key that was assigned. I cannot for the life of me work out how to make the key variable for the API if this is even possible.

I know dynamic values can be created in the JSON body object, can they also be created in the header?

Thanks in advance for any advice or links.

Brad Down

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If you untick private next to the Auth key in the Header, it will be available in your calls to do with as you see fit.

I usually do this the other way round…and forget to make it private and have keys all over the place.

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Which is actually quite a good idea anyway if you have test/live keys.

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Hello, I don’t know how the call itself is made, you can provide us with the documentation, but anyway I believe that it would be better for each call you authenticate and not create an authentication in the API, when you create a new API you put it like “None or self-handled” so each call you need to authenticate manually, and then you just set the fields as non-private.

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Thanks for the quick responses.

I was struggling to find the mentioned private selection and realised I had to create a separate API with no authentication for the functions.

With that subsequent API I could then assign the API key as a header and then de select the private function which then allowed me to map the key from the user.