Kayadda kuke ƙera APIs mai tsaro?

Question

IT Interview Practice · Accepted Answer

**Ƙewar API mai tsaro** ya haɗa da karewa APIs daga illa da hari — ta hanyar **authentication/authorization** daidai, **bincike shigarwa**, **iyakacin ƙira**, **HTTPS**, da kulawar data ta musamman. APIs sune butu da ake sulowa da yawa, saboda karewasunka mahimmanci ne.

## Ayyukan tsaro na API na yau da kullun

```text
✓ AUTHENTICATION → verify who's calling (API keys, OAuth tokens, JWT) — don't leave
  endpoints open
✓ AUTHORIZATION → check the caller is allowed for EACH endpoint/resource (per-request,
  server-side; prevent accessing others' data — broken access control / IDOR)
✓ HTTPS/TLS → always (encrypt API traffic; never plain HTTP)
✓ INPUT VALIDATION → validate/sanitize all inputs (prevent injection, malformed data)
✓ Don't EXPOSE sensitive data → return only needed fields; no secrets/internal data in responses
```

## Karewa daga ƙazantar illa

```text
✓ RATE LIMITING / THROTTLING → prevent abuse, brute force, DoS (limit requests per client)
✓ Pagination/size limits → prevent resource exhaustion (huge queries/responses)
✓ Handle ERRORS safely → don't leak stack traces, internal details, or sensitive info
✓ Validate content types; limit payload sizes; guard against mass-assignment
```

## Ƙarin abubuwan la'akari da su

```text
✓ Least privilege for API keys/tokens; scope them; rotate; short-lived where possible
✓ CORS configured correctly (don't allow all origins blindly)
✓ LOG and MONITOR API usage (detect abuse/attacks); audit access
✓ Versioning; deprecate securely; document security requirements
✓ Follow standards (OAuth, OWASP API Security Top 10)
```

## Me ya sa hakan ya matuwa

Sanin yadda ake ƙera APIs mai tsaro ya zama mahimmanci ne saboda **APIs sune butu da ake sulowa da yawa**, kuma tsarotar su da kyau ya zama muhimmi, saboda haka shi ne ilimi na tsaro mai amfani. APIs na fallasa aiki da bayanan aikace-aikace ta kan hanyar gida, wanda ya sa su zama butu da ake sulowa da yawa, saboda haka aiwatar da ayyuka na tsaro ga su ya zama mahimmanci.

Sanin **ayyuka masu mahimmanci** — **authentication** (tabbatawa ga wanda yake kira, bari waje e wayar bude bude), **authorization** (binciken wanda yake kira ana ba shi ruɗani ga kowane butu da balihi, a gefen kasuwa sannan kwa buƙatu, domin karewa tsira ta jure da IDOR — shiga bayanan jiya), **HTTPS** (loko, a fiye dà bayanan hanyar), **bincike shigarwa** (karewa tsintsinke da bayanan da ba daidai ba), da **karewa fallasa bayanan masu nisa** (ba jiya ne babu abubuwa da ake buƙa) — yana rufe tsaro na asali na API.

Sanin **karewa daga ƙazantar illa** — **iyakacin ƙira/throttling** (karewa brute force, illa, da DoS ta hanyar iyakacin buƙatut, musamman mai mahimmanci ga APIs da ake fallasa), pagination da iyakacin girma (karewa ƙashin albarkaci), da **tsaro na kuskure** (bari waje e maganganu ko bayanan ciki) — yana magana da yadda ake sulowa APIs sannan a dame su.

Sanin **ƙarin abubuwan la'akari da su** — karfi kaɗan da hatsi don API keys/tokens, **daidaitawa na CORS** (ba bari duka asusun koke-koke ba), nuni da kula da ƙazantar illa, da bin tsundumi (OAuth, OWASP API Security Top 10) — yana nuna tsaro na API cikakke.

APIs sune makowa da damar da yawa na tsaro (auth, karewa butu, bincike shigarwa, karewa illa, fallasa bayanan), kuma tsarotar su da kyau ta buƙa aiwatar da waɗannan ayyuka.

Saboda APIs sune butu da ake sulowa da yawa kuma tsarotar su (authentication, authorization, HTTPS, bincike shigarwa, iyakacin ƙira, tsaro na kuskure) ya zama muhimmi, sanin ayyuka na ƙewar API mai tsaro ya zama mahimmanci don gini APIs mai alaɓa, sanin yadda ake ƙera APIs mai tsaro ya zama ilimi na tsaro mai amfani — muhimmanci don butu gida da mahimmanci na tsarotar APIs (wanda ya fallasa aiki da bayanan kuma ake sulowa akai da yawa), tara ayyuka masu mahimmanci na tsaro zuwa halin API, muhimmanci ga kowane mai ƙera API.

Ayyukan tsaro na API na yau da kullun

Karewa daga ƙazantar illa

Ƙarin abubuwan la'akari da su

Me ya sa hakan ya matuwa

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