ModHeader for in-browser exploration of Hackathon APIs

All the APIs hosted on the Hackathon server require an API key to be sent via an HTTP header, which is easy to do using a tool like Postman or curl, but not very straightforward right from within the browser.

You can obtain a plugin/extension to enable most modern browsers to do this. For example, ModHeader for Chrome can enable this for Chrome users.

Configuration

Said browser plugins allow you to send specific headers to specific sites. Using the example of ModHeader, you can configured it like so:

• Request Headers apikey: [your-api-key] Replace [your-api-key] with your private API key.

• Filters To ensure your API is not to any other Internet website, add the following entries: https://hackathon.siim.org/.* and http://hackathon.siim.org/.*

You now should be able to navigate to URLs like https://hackathon.siim.org/ or https://hackathon.siim.org/vna and use them in your browser.