2.0.2 lost --apikey configuration and the abbility to specify an APIKEY via a file

[Loki-Afro]

Describe the bug
2.0.2 lost --apikey configuration and the ability to specify an APIKEY via a file

some code references
fb56809#diff-56c1caaf7d4537bb927753753c7af805d5076ebf007dc4355eb47f570ea9fbe6L48
fb56809#diff-44bdd670b7e9c3a0511454a28c560903253342a74370d0a0d8556564ecc2c555L37
fb56809#diff-44bdd670b7e9c3a0511454a28c560903253342a74370d0a0d8556564ecc2c555L198

that is more than a breaking change while only changing the patch version!
based on the changelog it does introduce ADDITIONAL behavior rather then removing existing https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md#202

on top of that there are still references to the APIKEY file in code, mostly in utility scripts found in bin

making me think that the removal of the apikey logic was not done on purpose

if oauth is the only way forward, is there a migration strategy?

[SamTV12345]

Thanks for the issue and sorry for my absense. As the APIKey option was not that difficult to add I'll readd support for that so you can choose between OAuth or API key. OAuth should be more secure as the key has a lifetime and you don't share the key with other people.

[disturbio]

Hello,

Is there a chance this might be incomplete?. When trying to perform a pad deletion through the API I get a no or wrong API Key (currently at commit 08ab3c0, development branch).

It seems it fails to pass this condition src/node/handler/APIHandler.ts

[dcht00]

@SamTV12345 I'm also at last commit and not able to use the API anymore, though I have set
"authenticationMethod": "${AUTHENTICATION_METHOD:apikey}",

It seems from the log it's being loaded properly.
[2024-05-22T04:06:22.562] [INFO] APIHandler - Api key file read from: "#####/APIKEY.txt"

But all API calls give

no or wrong API Key

[SamTV12345]

I fixed authorization with authorization header. I guess you were only trying through that. The query parameter worked.

[dcht00]

I think this still doesn't work:
curl "https://#####/api/1.2.13/deletePad?apikey=#####&padID=test2"