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=== Security ===

In order to prevent unauthorised access to private character/corporation data, the API uses an ''API Key''. This is a randomly-generated string that essentially works as a password for API calls. Account owners generate their own API keys through [http://~~www~~.eveonline.com/api/ this page]. That page also informs you of your unique numeric user ID, which is used in API calls instead of your username. This allows a degree of trust with third-party applications, in that they neither need to know your login name or password.

In order to prevent unauthorised access to private character/corporation data, the API uses an ''API Key''. This is a randomly-generated string that essentially works as a password for API calls. Account owners generate their own API keys through [http://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/ this page]. That page also informs you of your unique numeric user ID, which is used in API calls instead of your username. This allows a degree of trust with third-party applications, in that they neither need to know your login name or password.

Note that at time of writing, a new API Key system allowing more granular access permissions was in development, and is discussed [http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=912 here].

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 === Security ===
-In order to prevent unauthorised access to private character/corporation data, the API uses an ''API Key''.  This is a randomly-generated string that essentially works as a password for API calls.  Account owners generate their own API keys through [http://www.eveonline.com/api/ this page].  That page also informs you of your unique numeric user ID, which is used in API calls instead of your username.  This allows a degree of trust with third-party applications, in that they neither need to know your login name or password.
+In order to prevent unauthorised access to private character/corporation data, the API uses an ''API Key''.  This is a randomly-generated string that essentially works as a password for API calls.  Account owners generate their own API keys through [http://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/ this page].  That page also informs you of your unique numeric user ID, which is used in API calls instead of your username.  This allows a degree of trust with third-party applications, in that they neither need to know your login name or password.
 Note that at time of writing, a new API Key system allowing more granular access permissions was in development, and is discussed [http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=912 here].