# API: Can I authenticate without putting the key in the URL?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-can-i-authenticate-without-putting-the-key-in-the-url/29425>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [May 29, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-can-i-authenticate-without-putting-the-key-in-the-url/29425 "2015-05-29T18:17:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![TyIsI](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tyisi/32/115363_2.png) [@TyIsI](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TyIsI)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-can-i-authenticate-without-putting-the-key-in-the-url/29425/13 "2019-05-10T21:48:48Z")

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I’d love to see support for this as well, due to the mentioned reasons of loggings.

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