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Dinesh Dixit(Mechatron)
Dinesh Dixit(Mechatron)

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Can we hide payloads in api calls?

I have a question about api calls we made in angular. I have made an simple application where user need to login. When I make api call to log user in, in payload it shows data of user. Is there any way to hide the payload data?Any idea?? or suggestion?

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Suneeh

The data in the Payload is (hopefully) SSL Encrypted. So I don't see a big issue in sending login information over the wire in clear text. But if you really want to, you could either base64 encode it, to make it less obvious. If you really want to be super secure (for whatever reason ever) you could still encrypt it with a Public Key of the Backend before sending it.

Can you explain why you think this is an issue?

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Dinesh Dixit(Mechatron) • Edited

Thank u. Not an issue, just to know the limits of browsers and exploring new ideas.