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I am new on Swagger , I am able to run swagger UI with spring .

But I want to know what is api_key in swagger . What is use of api_key ? Could be search any api (rest controller in spring ) with api_key ? than how to configure that api with api_key with spring rest controller ?

If Any App has more than 100 controller in swagger UI than it will be difficult to find out particular controller . Could we simplify the process of finding that particular controller in this scenario ? it is relates to api_key .

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Thanks in Advance !!

Vijay
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If your api use some kind of authentication like OAuth 2.0 or Basic Authentication you must provide a token to authenticate and authorize the access to call the API.

The api_key field in swagger ui is a way to provide this token that you can test your API. This token goes on Authentication HTTP Header.

Rafael Manzoni
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