Inconsistent use of "key" vs "token"

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Open kristjan opened 12 years ago

kristjan commented 12 years ago

At least on Account Settings > API Key, but maybe elsewhere. FWIW, @tantalor prefers "key"

othiym23 commented 12 years ago

Agreed it should be consistent. Doesn't really feel like a key to me, but am persuadable pending some more feedback from the community.

othiym23 commented 12 years ago

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tantalor commented 12 years ago

Both "API Token" and "API Key" are used quite frequently. Google, WordPress, Flickr, and 37signals use "API Key". GitHub uses "API Token".

I lean towards "API Key" to avoid confusion with "token" is the context of oAuth (access tokens, etc).

tantalor commented 12 years ago

Wikipedia thinks API key is the standard term.