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hkremer
Helper
4 years ago

API Authentication

Hi, I'm new to the Khoros community and looking for some clarification on API authentication. Specifically, is it required for GET requests? I see it is listed as required in the API documentation ...
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  • Claudius's avatar
    Claudius
    4 years ago

    Yes, the unauthenticated call will only return results if the community's permissions are set up to grant API read access to everyone. I've seen communities that restrict API access to signed in users or even only users with a specific role, so in that case API authenticatio is a must to access anything.

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hkremer
Helper

Thanks Stan.

 

I've done a quick comparison between the fields at the user level and category level and there seem to be minimal differences.

 

I don't actually have admin access to any Khoros communities but was more so wondering if there might be any instances of communities where nothing would return without auth?

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Claudius
Boss
4 years ago

Yes, the unauthenticated call will only return results if the community's permissions are set up to grant API read access to everyone. I've seen communities that restrict API access to signed in users or even only users with a specific role, so in that case API authenticatio is a must to access anything.