API Keys
Express
Authentication for your Express server
Prerequisites
- Created your Unkey account
- Created an API in the Unkey dashboard
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Creating an express server
1
Create express application
First run the following:
Then update your package.json to have the following
2
Install
Now install the @unkey/api
package
3
Creating the server
Create a file called server.ts
and add the following code
server.ts
4
Running the server
5
Try it out
Go to https://app.unkey.com and create a new key. Then verify it with our new server:
It should return {"keyId":"key_id","valid":true,"meta":{},"enabled":true,"permissions":[],"code":"VALID"}
and potentially more information about the key, depending on what you set up in the dashboard.
What is next?
Now that you’ve seen the power of Unkey, check out some resources below to continue your journey.