How to Configure Basic Credentials in Mashery Control Center

The Client Application which is making API call should have an associated custom package key created. The Package key whose ID matches the user ID from the decoded request header and the password matches the package key's secret.

Key Properties under Package

1. Enable Generated Shared Secrets
2. Provide Shared Secret Length. Default length is 10. Maximum length can be 64 characters.

The following is a sample custom package key that holds secret as password and package key name as userid.

Key and Method Detection tab