What is the purpose of Rest API key

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#1

What is the purpose of Rest API key?

I searched this forum and I know CLIENT_KEY is optional.
How about Rest API key? Is this also optional?

Thanks,

#2

You need the REST api key if you are using the REST api to interact with your database.

#3

Hi!
I’m fairly new to parse server and have collected some experiances in the last days - even with the REST API. I cannot confirm, that the REST API Key is needed - at least not for all operations. I was able to do all CRUD operations without using this key.

#4

The readme for Parse Server discusses this. In short if you want to require the use of a key, at it to the server config, if you don’t want to use it, don’t add it: