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Created February 3, 2014 04:47
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Secure WordPress JSON API with API Key
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example-hook.php
<?php
/* place in theme's functions.php file */
/* disable json api if api key not correct */
add_action('init','json_api_apikey_check' , 1 );
function json_api_apikey_check()
{
$api_key = 'hello';
$base = get_option('json_api_base', 'api');
$this_url = "http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
if ( ( isset($_REQUEST['json'] ) || strstr($this_url , $base.'/') ) && ( !isset($_REQUEST['apikey']) || $_REQUEST['apikey'] != 'hello' ) )
{
print "[error:99] Permission denied!";
exit;
}
}
@hendratno64
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I suggest that line 13 is replaced with:

if ( ( isset($_REQUEST['json'] ) || strstr($this_url , $base.'/') ) && ( !isset($_REQUEST['apikey']) || $_REQUEST['apikey'] != $api_key ) )

@athirukk
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This is what I am exactly looking for, but how does the $api_key gets passed from the caller? Does that need to be query string?

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