Securing REST APIs with Flask: Authentication and Authorization

Welcome back, coders! In this tutorial, we continue our journey with Flask and REST APIs, specifically focusing on securing your APIs with authentication and authorization mechanisms.

Using the student information API we created in our previous video as a basis, we'll demonstrate how to leverage the Flask-HTTPAuth extension to protect our API's endpoints. By the end of this video, you will be able to add a layer of security to your APIs, ensuring only authenticated users can access your data.

What we'll cover in this video:

Introduction to Flask-HTTPAuth for basic authentication. Installing and importing the necessary Flask extensions. Defining users and their credentials for our application. Creating a verification function for authentication. Protecting our API's endpoints using the @auth.login_required decorator. This tutorial is a perfect next step for those who've built a Flask API and want to enhance its security. As always, we make the learning process interactive, easy, and fun!

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