Comment on Console.fm: A Guide to Download the Tracks for FreeparentComments−filipmaresOP15ynot sure on the security implications, but this could have easily been masked through some backend call.−amanelis15ywhat suggestions do you have on masking the url, would love to hear your input.−arctangent15yProxy it through a URL on your box i.e. make http://myserver.com/song_id point through to http://soundcloud.com/song_id?secret=params−Sujan15ySolving what?Only way to really hide the info would be to really stream all content through their box. Then they just could host it themselves in the first place...−arctangent15yThis hides your API key from other people.−filipmaresOP15yexactly−filipmaresOP15yCouldn't you essentially call a handler on the Console.fm server which has the key already coded and it makes the request to SoundCloud?This would avoid the fact that users could see the GET request to the SoundCloud API.
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not sure on the security implications, but this could have easily been masked through some backend call.
what suggestions do you have on masking the url, would love to hear your input.
Proxy it through a URL on your box i.e. make http://myserver.com/song_id point through to http://soundcloud.com/song_id?secret=params
Solving what?
Only way to really hide the info would be to really stream all content through their box. Then they just could host it themselves in the first place...
This hides your API key from other people.
exactly
Couldn't you essentially call a handler on the Console.fm server which has the key already coded and it makes the request to SoundCloud?
This would avoid the fact that users could see the GET request to the SoundCloud API.