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Is it a must that Subscription Key sent as part of the request when call through API Managment? is there a way to disable this option?

kumar
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  • Related post - [How to disable subscription key in Azure API Managment with Powershell](https://stackoverflow.com/q/56081563/465053) – RBT Sep 30 '21 at 14:09
  • How to solve the problem without disabling the subscription key - [API management URL is giving Missing subscription key Issue](https://stackoverflow.com/q/51519687/465053) – RBT Sep 30 '21 at 14:22

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Create a new product and uncheck "Require subscription" in its settings. Any API added to such product will be callable without a key, i.e. anonymously.

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RBT
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Vitaliy Kurokhtin
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  • I did not think the answer is true - but I tested it and yes, you can call APIs linked to a product where "requires subscription" is unchecked without subscription key; now after I removed the product I still can call the API w/o subscription key - let's wait, how long this persists – Kai Walter Jul 17 '18 at 17:59
  • I would not rely on this behavior this is a bug and will be fixed. By design APIs have to belong to an open product to be callable anonymously. Why did you remove the product? – Vitaliy Kurokhtin Jul 17 '18 at 23:20
  • I just wanted so see if it works - I no not want to have this behavior at all. – Kai Walter Jul 18 '18 at 03:43
  • @KaiWalter, Is it a bug or a feature ? :D means is it still there or not.. – Sachin Mar 03 '21 at 10:34
  • Can anyone comment on this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76286528/how-to-prevent-azure-apim-primary-key-not-change/76288125#76288125 – Sudhir May 22 '23 at 08:46
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if you already have an API created and binded to your product, you need to do this.

  1. Remove the Subscription Required option from your product.
  2. go to the APIs section, select your existing API and from the Settings tab, you can remove the checkbox "subscription Required".

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