thinkgeo_cloud_keys_guideline
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| =====Apply a ThinkGeo Cloud Client Key ===== | =====Apply a ThinkGeo Cloud Client Key ===== | ||
| - | A client is how you can enable your application or website to use ThinkGeo Cloud resources on your behalf. There are two types of clients for different kinds of applications: NativeConfidential and JavaScript. You can have as many clients in your account as you like. | + | A ThinkGeo Cloud Client Key is how you can enable your application or website to use ThinkGeo Cloud resources on your behalf. You can have as many client keys in your account as you like. Different application or website can use different keys or share the same one. |
| ====NativeConfidential and JavasScript Client Keys==== | ====NativeConfidential and JavasScript Client Keys==== | ||
| - | There are two different kinds of clients you can apply for your application: NativeConfidential, which is intended to be used in natively compiled applications or web services; and JavaScript, which is intended to be used in web applications. Here below is the comparison between the two. | + | There are two different kinds of client keys you can apply for your application: NativeConfidential, which is intended to be used in natively compiled applications or web services; and JavaScript, which is intended to be used in web applications. Here below is the comparison between the two. |
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| Intended to be used in web applications. | Intended to be used in web applications. | ||
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| === Accessibilities to the Restful APIs === | === Accessibilities to the Restful APIs === | ||
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| Can only access ThinkGeo Cloud plugins like elevation or the reverse geocoder. | Can only access ThinkGeo Cloud plugins like elevation or the reverse geocoder. | ||
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| + | === What does its key look like=== | ||
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| + | Two Base64 encoded string, one is for Client ID and the other is for Client Secret. | ||
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| + | One Base64 encoded string as APIKey. | ||
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| - | A JavaScript client's ID does not need to be kept confidential since they are intended for use in browser-based applications where a secret cannot be kept secure. but you should restrict the client so that it can only be used from web domains you control. | + | A JavaScript client's ID does not need to be kept confidential since they are intended for use in browser-based applications where a secret cannot be kept secure. But you should restrict the client so that it can only be used from web domains you control. |
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| ====Use the Pre-Generated Test Keys ==== | ====Use the Pre-Generated Test Keys ==== | ||
| - | You can log in to the ThinkGeo Cloud with your ThinkGeo account, the same one you can use to access our [[http://community.thinkgeo.com/|community forums]]. If you don't have a ThinkGeo account yet, [[https://singlepoint.thinkgeo.com/registration|sign up for one here]]. | + | Two test clients have been pre-generated for a new ThinkGeo Account. Here is how to get them: |
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| + | First, Log in to the ThinkGeo Cloud with your ThinkGeo account, the same one you can use to access our [[http://community.thinkgeo.com/|community forums]]. If you don't have a ThinkGeo account yet, [[https://singlepoint.thinkgeo.com/registration|sign up for one here]]. | ||
| Then, visit the ThinkGeo Cloud web console login page at https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/login.html and click the "Login with ThinkGeo Account" button. | Then, visit the ThinkGeo Cloud web console login page at https://cloud.thinkgeo.com/login.html and click the "Login with ThinkGeo Account" button. | ||
thinkgeo_cloud_keys_guideline.txt · Last modified: 2019/02/06 21:26 by benbai