So with lots of different services around now, Google APIs, Twitter API, Facebook API, etc etc.
Each service has an API key, like:
AIzaSyClzfrOzB818x55FASHvX4JuGQciR9lv7q
All the keys vary in length and the characters they contain, I'm wondering what the best approach is for generating an API key?
I'm not asking for a specific language, just the general approach to creating keys, should they be an encryption of details of the users app, or a hash, or a hash of a random string, etc. Should we worry about hash algorithm (MSD, SHA1, bcrypt) etc?
Edit: I've spoke to a few friends (email/twitter) and they recommended just using a GUID with the dashes stripped.
This seems a little hacky to me though, hoping to get some more ideas.
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Use a random number generator designed for cryptography. Then base-64 encode the number.
This is a C# example:
var key = new byte[32];
using (var generator = RandomNumberGenerator.Create())
generator.GetBytes(key);
string apiKey = Convert.ToBase64String(key);