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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion cookbook/security/api_key_authentication.rst
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Expand Up @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ value and then a User object is created::

if (!$apiKey) {
throw new BadCredentialsException('No API key found');

// or to just skip api key authentication
// return null;
}

return new PreAuthenticatedToken(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -103,7 +106,9 @@ is to create a token object that contains all of the information from the
request that you need to authenticate the user (e.g. the ``apikey`` query
parameter). If that information is missing, throwing a
:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Security\\Core\\Exception\\BadCredentialsException`
will cause authentication to fail.
will cause authentication to fail. You might want to return ``null`` instead
to just skip the authentication, so Symfony can fallback to another authentication
method, if any.

2. supportsToken
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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