Hawk Authentication

Hawk Authentication is an HTTP request-based authentication protocol designed to provide a simple, flexible, and secure authentication mechanism.

Basic Settings

The basic authentication parameters for Hawk are as follows:

• Hawk Auth ID

  Used to identify the authentication ID for the current request.

• Hawk Auth Key

  Used to identify the authentication key for the current request.

• Algorithm

  The algorithm used to create the message authentication code, supporting SHA-256, SHA-1, etc.

Advanced Settings

You can click the "More" option to add more encryption settings. If left blank, they will be generated automatically.

• User

  Used to identify the user for the current request.

• Nonce

  A random string generated by the client.

• ext

  Any application-specific information sent along with the API request.

• app

  The application to which the credentials are bound, preventing attackers from impersonating credentials issued to others.

• dlg

  The application ID that issued the credentials.

• Timestamp

  A timestamp used to prevent requests outside the time window.

• Include payload hash

  When checked, the payload hash value will be included.