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kaeawc/signed_web_request.sh

Created August 25, 2013 19:38
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Starting as a nonuser, I sign up for an account at https://www.somewebservice.com https://www.somewebservice.com gives me public and private keys https://www.somewebservice.com generates completely random strings and stores them for user I keep keys in a secure place (not committed in code)
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signed_web_request.sh
DATA_TO_SIGN = SOME_DATA + PRIVATE_API_KEY
md5 -s "DATA_TO_SIGN"
curl "https://www.somewebservice.com/api/v1/getAwesomeStuff" --data "API_KEY=YOUR_PUBLIC_API_KEY&signature=CALCULATED_SIGNATURE"
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