# How to secure a REST API?

DevFeed: [How to secure a REST API?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-secure-a-rest-api-7963.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://snyk.io/blog/how-to-secure-rest-api/>)

Author: Liran Tal

Published: 2024-06-27T13:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog RSS Feed | Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-rss-feed-snyk.md>)

Topics: [REST API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rest-api.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [web applications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-applications.md>), [CRUD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/crud.md>), [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>)

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## AI overview

This tutorial explains what REST APIs are, how they use HTTP to exchange data, and why their versatility creates security risks. It covers injection attacks, broken authentication, sensitive data exposure, and missing rate limiting, with examples including SQL injection, the 2018 Reddit breach, and the 2016 Dyn attack.

## Source excerpt

In this post, we'll discuss what REST APIs are and how to secure them.