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RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition

You're reading from   RESTful Java Web Services, Second Edition Design scalable and robust RESTful web services with JAX-RS and Jersey extension APIs

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784399092
Length 354 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jobinesh Purushothaman Jobinesh Purushothaman
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing the REST Architectural Style FREE CHAPTER 2. Java APIs for JSON Processing 3. Introducing the JAX-RS API 4. Advanced Features in the JAX-RS API 5. Introducing the Jersey Framework Extensions 6. Securing RESTful Web Services 7. The Description and Discovery of RESTful Web Services 8. RESTful API Design Guidelines A. Useful Features and Techniques Index

Chapter 6. Securing RESTful Web Services

Security is an important part of any enterprise application. In the era of cloud and the Internet of Things, controlling access to the application via the public web API is an essential requirement for any enterprise. The security implementation in a RESTful web service application decides who can access the RESTful web APIs and what they can do once they are logged in. This chapter describes how you can secure the REST APIs from unauthorized and malicious access.

In this chapter, we take the point of view of the architect and not of the creator of the infrastructures supporting our applications. Nevertheless, by the end of the chapter, you will have a good understanding of how to secure your web services using the HTTP basic authentication and OAuth authentication protocols. The following topics are discussed in this chapter:

  • HTTP basic authentication
  • HTTP digest authentication
  • Securing RESTful web services with OAuth
  • Authorizing the RESTful...
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