Doors open at 6:30
Presentation at 7pm

Location: NC State Campus. Hillsborough Building
Address: 2620 Hillsborough Street
Room: B16 Conference room
Google Map: http://bit.ly/cthDIh...

Introduction

 Providing an Application Programming Interface (or API) has become a crucial piece of the modern web application.  API’s provide opportunities to build the ecosystem around your application, opening doors for collaboration and innovative mashups.  However, the API opens up another entry point into your application, requiring that you somehow secure the access to it.      

This talk will outline some of the options you have when securing your API.  I’ll give overviews and implementation tips on some of the more popular schemes such as OAuth, HTTP authentication, and generating API keys.  We’ll also look at some general API best practices such as rate limiting, error handling, and secure data communication. 

Parking:
Parking is available on Hillsborough street and the surrounding side streets. There is a parking lot behind the building off of Gardner street, but it is a 24-hour NC State Permit Only spot, so you could get a ticket if you park there without an NC State Permit. However, there is usually plenty of parking around. There is a non-ticketd NC State Parking lot (Brooks lot) that is at the corner of Hillsborough and Brooks Ave (http://bit.ly/aerKoQ).... You can park there any time after 5 with no problems.

Meet Up Location
The conference room is in the basement of the Hillsborough building, which has automatic locks. The best way to get there is to go to the back of the building and down the back steps (they look scary, but they are actually OK). I'll probably post a sign or two to direct people. Somebody will be there to let you in, or the door may be propped open.

Please consider volunteering to moderate, present or give a tutorial. Contact Bryan or Michael to sign up.

Problems
If you arrive at the door is closed, or you cant get in, you can text message/call either Bryan Pearson (me) at [masked] or Jason Austin at [masked].

Please RSVP on Meetup, as we need to make sure we have seating and enough refreshments available.

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