# GenieACS REST API query with password?

**URL:** <https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-rest-api-query-with-password/7046>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [July 25, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-rest-api-query-with-password/7046 "2025-07-25T17:53:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![OneManDo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/57b2e6/32.png) [@OneManDo](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/OneManDo)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-rest-api-query-with-password/7046/1 "2025-07-25T17:53:34Z")

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Can I protect the GenieACS REST API query with password?

Nad

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**Author:** ![akcoder](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/akcoder/32/11_2.png) [@akcoder](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/akcoder)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-rest-api-query-with-password/7046/2 "2025-07-25T19:23:40Z")

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You will need to reverse proxy the API if you’d like to add authentication.

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**Author:** ![OneManDo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/57b2e6/32.png) [@OneManDo](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/OneManDo)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-rest-api-query-with-password/7046/3 "2025-07-26T06:05:08Z")

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So anyone can use REST API to change my router password???

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**Author:** ![akcoder](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.genieacs.com/akcoder/32/11_2.png) [@akcoder](https://forum.genieacs.com/u/akcoder)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.genieacs.com/t/genieacs-rest-api-query-with-password/7046/4 "2025-07-28T17:00:37Z")

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Don’t put your ACS on the public internet.