Securing your online data

dweet.io secures your data through a method known as locking. Locks keep your data secure by preventing access, unless a thing or a person provides a special key. In this recipe, we will look at how to set up a lock and some features that come with it. This way you will know how to secure the data you post online from your ESP8266.

Locking your things

When you lock your thing, its name cannot be used by another person. You can acquire and maintain a lock by paying a small fee of $1.99 every month. Once you pay, you are provided with a lock and a special key. Using the lock and key, you can secure your things and prevent other people/things from accessing your data on dweet.io.

When you pay for a lock, you receive your lock ID and a unique key in your e-mail account. You can then lock your things through the web API by calling this URL:

https://dweet.io/lock/{thing_name}?lock={your_lock}&key={your_key}

If your thing is locked successfully, you will receive this...