API Key Authentication

[andreassiegel]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

In some projects, we are using API keys for authentication and I would like to be able to use it the same way as the pre-configured OAuth 2.0 authentication, for example.

Describe the solution you'd like

I‘d appreciate being able to create a new „authentication“ in the corresponding settings with type „API Key“.

Configuration options should be:

• Where to put the API key in the requests (headers or query parameters)
• Which parameter name to use for the header or query parameter, e.g., ˋapiKeyˋ or ˋOcp-Apim-Subscription-Keyˋ
• Which value to use as the API key

Describe alternatives you've considered

Currently, I leave the authentication set to „No Auth“ and directly configure the header or query parameter in the REST endpoint configuration.

This works but feels a bit inconsistent given how the other authentication mechanisms can be configured, also as other API clients support API key authentication as a similar mechanism as well.

[ni507]

Thank you for your report.

We will add this to our backlog.