https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-securely-access-arcgis-data-via-api-key-and/m-p/1350104#M82783 <P>I am creating a web app (Single Page App) that accesses ArcGIS Platform data via an API Key using the JavaScript SDK. The app will have its own Auth mechanism.</P><P>My concern is how to do this securely. Just hardcoding the API Key in the client (as per demos) is insecure, as it is easily accessible.</P><P>I do see that in the past that proxy servers were suggested, but the official solutions for this are now depreciated.</P><P>I could just store the API key in server code server side and write all my own server side code to CRUD data, but that is a whole lot of work and defeats the point of using the JS SDK.</P><P>I should add that I will probably need to write my own server side code for when a user needs to insert, update or delete data (in order to implement business logic), but I would like to at least read data via a WebMap by using the JS SDK.</P> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:43:28 GMT gatkins 2023-11-16T01:43:28Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-securely-access-arcgis-data-via-api-key-and/m-p/1350104#M82783 <P>I am creating a web app (Single Page App) that accesses ArcGIS Platform data via an API Key using the JavaScript SDK. The app will have its own Auth mechanism.</P><P>My concern is how to do this securely. Just hardcoding the API Key in the client (as per demos) is insecure, as it is easily accessible.</P><P>I do see that in the past that proxy servers were suggested, but the official solutions for this are now depreciated.</P><P>I could just store the API key in server code server side and write all my own server side code to CRUD data, but that is a whole lot of work and defeats the point of using the JS SDK.</P><P>I should add that I will probably need to write my own server side code for when a user needs to insert, update or delete data (in order to implement business logic), but I would like to at least read data via a WebMap by using the JS SDK.</P> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:43:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/how-to-securely-access-arcgis-data-via-api-key-and/m-p/1350104#M82783 gatkins 2023-11-16T01:43:28Z