# Chapter 8: Adding Authentication to our API

Now it is time for something more complicated, you'll find that this chapter is going to be a lot more engaging than the last one. Because we are dealing with input fields now, our 8 step recipe is going to look a lot more involved than before.

Get ready, because this is going to be a long and exciting chapter!


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