after several test and relearn from the book *controllers/api.py* def http_api_key(): api_key = request.env.http_api_key # change api_key with the parameter you want in curl request header if api_key == 'your_api_key': query = (db.table0.id > 0) rows = db(query).select() else: rows = {'status':'Invalid API Key'} return response.json(rows)
*terminal return the value* curl -X GET -i http://127.0.0.1:8000/test/api/http_api_key --header 'api_key: your_api_key' *terminal return bad value 'Invalid API Key' because the api_key in header is mismatch* curl -X GET -i http://127.0.0.1:8000/test/api/http_api_key --header 'api_key: your_api_key0' best regards, stifan -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.