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Redwolf
Redwolf

Reputation: 3

Security questions for iOS app interaction with API

I am going to develop an iOS app for my web application so I will be working on an API Service that the iOS app will consume.

My question is : How can I make sure to protect the access to my API ?

My main concern is just that I don't want someone else to use my API in order to duplicate the content to another app or website.

Thanks in advance,

Upvotes: 0

Views: 824

Answers (1)

Freedom_Ben
Freedom_Ben

Reputation: 11923

Unfortunately this is very difficult to do. In short, you can't do this with 100% assurance because once your code is in the client's hands you have no control over it. Check out this StackOverflow question: Security When Using REST API in an iPhone Application

You may also find some value in this StackOverflow question as well: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15390354/api-key-alternative/15390892#15390892

Upvotes: 1

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