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Say, if I create a web service serving some data for my mobile application. The data could be anything like stock price or weather. I don’t want others to use the web service maybe because the server resource is expensive or maybe the data is confidential.
I believe the URL is not a secret because anyone can use Wireshark to get it. Is there a way to do that?
Thanks,
Well, the answer is simple:
Authentication for Web Services. But unless you provide more information on the language the web service is implemented, it’s hard to answer with a concrete example. If the transferred data are confidential, you might want to use a encrypted service (https).