yup thanks, have started to implement your advice

On Wednesday, 10 June 2015 17:38:33 UTC+1, Stuart wrote:
>
> You should be putting the access_token in the HTTP header, not as a query 
> string variable
>
> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 5:55:39 AM UTC-7, Callum Hopkins wrote:
>>
>> Hey Sander,
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. So I have my app setup as described in that article 
>> you shared under "Browser-based Apps 
>> <https://aaronparecki.com/articles/2012/07/29/1/oauth2-simplified#browser-based-apps>".
>>  
>> The problem is that any request to the API with a url like:
>> https://domain.com/api/1.0/getData?access_token=123456789abc
>> can be copied and executed on another other website and/or through 
>> terminal. Is there anyway I can pass the access token from angular through 
>> the http/ajax request without a users being able to copy and paste the 
>> url/access token from their browser's inspector?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 9 June 2015 13:18:04 UTC+1, Sander Elias wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Callumn,
>>>
>>> With OAuth2 you can authorize your angular client, without putting the 
>>> id and secret in the application. That's the main idea behind OAuth2. You 
>>> authenticate your client, and hand out an token to your web-app. On every 
>>> request, you add the token, so your server knows it's an authorized user. 
>>> This article 
>>> <https://aaronparecki.com/articles/2012/07/29/1/oauth2-simplified> 
>>> might help you. To authenticate, you can leave your secret on the server, 
>>> you don't need to transfer it to the web-app.
>>> But if there is no need to put your REST inside a protected area, that 
>>> is certainly the easiest way out. However, be aware that this might make 
>>> your app vulnerable to scraping and other kinds of (ab)use, you might not 
>>> like.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Sander
>>>
>>

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