http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/15.aspxAsk questions specific to the MethodAPI from the Method Team and other Method users.enCommunityServer 2007.1 SP2 (Build: 31113.47)http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/36327.aspxWed, 30 Sep 2020 18:18:50 GMT3393c1ec-311b-4812-96cb-ad8c611bba4f:36327Method_Senisa0http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/36327.aspxhttp://forums.method.me/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=15&PostID=36327<p><span id="mce_0_start" style="overflow:hidden;">Hey Bryan,<br /><span id="mce_4_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_19_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span><br />I<span id="mce_17_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>t looks like<span id="mce_5_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_6_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span> your situation might benefit from using <span id="mce_16_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>an API key to authorize re<span id="mce_5_end" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_6_end" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span>ques<span id="mce_18_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>ts rather than st<span id="mce_7_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>oring user account credentials.<span id="mce_12_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_22_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_22_end" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_21_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_21_end" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span><span id="mce_10_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span> <span id="mce_11_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_9_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>You can learn more about how to request an API key <span id="mce_1_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><a href="http://developer.method.me" target="_blank">here<span id="mce_1_end" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></a> under &quot;Step 2: Setup Authorization&quot;. Storing an API key rather than user credentials is considered safe<span id="mce_23_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>r as it prevents anyone who comes across the key from having direct access to the a<span id="mce_23_end" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_24_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>ccoun<span id="mce_25_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>t.<span id="mce_15_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_8_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span></p> <p>As for<span id="mce_28_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span> your second question, I&#39;m not aware of any specific cases but if the web builder supports making<span id="mce_28_end" style="overflow:hidden;"></span><span id="mce_29_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span> external API re<span id="mce_30_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_31_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span>quests it should be able to make requests with o<span id="mce_26_start" style="overflow:hidden;"></span>ur API.<span id="mce_27_start" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_30_end" style="overflow:hidden;"><span id="mce_31_end" style="overflow:hidden;"></span></span></span></p> <p>Hope this helps!</p>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/36326.aspxFri, 25 Sep 2020 20:24:34 GMT3393c1ec-311b-4812-96cb-ad8c611bba4f:36326bryanfromcleveland0http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/thread/36326.aspxhttp://forums.method.me/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=15&PostID=36326<p><span id="mce_0_start" style="overflow:hidden;">Hello!</span></p> <p></p> <p>I have a public front-end website that will display the items from method.</p> <p>To connect with the API, I need a user account, is that right?</p> <p>So should my website store a user account that I use to <span id="mce_2_start" style="overflow:hidden;">connect to the API and display&nbsp;</span>the data?</p> <p></p> <p>Also, Has anyone successfully done this using a webbuilder with built-in themes such as shopify or wix?</p>