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Decoding Scoped Search Key to Find Expiry Time

TLDR Gustavo asked how to decode a scoped search key. Kishore Nallan suggested base64 decoding it, which Gustavo confirmed worked.

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Jun 14, 2023 (3 months ago)

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Gustavo

12:31 PM

Can I locally decode a scoped search key to know its expiry time, without a network request?

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Kishore Nallan

12:45 PM

Yes base64 decode the scoped api key and you can see the contents. NOTE: this is fine because the key also contains a digest that's generated from the params & server side API key. This digest is regenerated and checked again in the backend to ensure that the key contents have not been tampered.

Gustavo

12:50 PM

Will try

12:52

Gustavo

12:52 PM

Confirmed, thanks

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