[Internal] Why are API requests with the wrong API secret accepted? [Internal] Why are API requests with the wrong API secret accepted?

[Internal] Why are API requests with the wrong API secret accepted?

Paul Bird

Question

Does a customer need to use API secret and a signature?

Can a signature be used to authenticate a request?

Is a signature sufficient authentication?

Answer

Our platform will accept requests requests with an incorrect or missing api_secret parameter value if the user is including a signature in their API request. The api_secret is then ignored. We'll only check for the validity of the signature.