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What is the difference between API key and OAuth2 for authentication? |
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vgartg
May 29, 2026
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An API key is a simple token sent (often in headers or query strings) to identify the caller, but it's less secure and doesn’t handle delegated access well. OAuth2 provides time‑limited tokens with scopes, allowing fine‑grained permissions and revocation without exposing long‑lived secrets. |
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An API key is a simple token sent (often in headers or query strings) to identify the caller, but it's less secure and doesn’t handle delegated access well. OAuth2 provides time‑limited tokens with scopes, allowing fine‑grained permissions and revocation without exposing long‑lived secrets.