Not only API authentication and authorization are the crucial aspects of API security when crafting secure software, but they also impact scalability and user experience.

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Authentication verifies the identity of a user making an API request, while authorization determines if the user has permission to access a specific API. Various methods such as basic auth, API keys, JWT, and OAuth have their use cases and best practices. These include using HTTPS, secure storage, least privilege principle, and regular security audits. Common mistakes to avoid involve using HTTP, storing API keys in code, and ignoring input validation.

Authentication and Authorization Best Practices

Great Share! anyone starting with node should read it. thank you

I learned to never store passwords, store a hash of the password, and validate by checking input password hashed against the stored password hash.
This eliminates leaking passwords from hacked data stores.

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Good article. I would add that for hashing you can use bcrypt or agon2 algorithms

Much needed article for all kind of backend developers. Great job git guardian