7. Authentication and Authorization

Delve into authentication and authorization mechanisms for securing your API. Learn about basic authentication, token-based authentication, OAuth, and API keys. Understand how to control access to resources using authorization mechanisms.

Authentication: Verifies the identity of clients using methods like basic authentication, token-based authentication, or OAuth.

Authorization: Determines what actions a user is allowed to perform based on their role or permissions.

Properly implementing authentication and authorization is crucial for securing your API.