How do I make sure my REST API only responds to requests generated by trusted clients, in my case my own mobile applications? I want to prevent unwanted requests coming from other sources. I don't want users to fill in a serial key or whatever, it should happen behind the scenes, upon installation, and without any user interaction required.As far as I know, HTTPS is only to validate the server you are communicating with is who it says it is. I'm ofcourse going to be using HTTPS to encrypt the data. Is there a way to accomplish this? Update:The user can perform read-only actions, which do not require the user to be logged in, but they can also perform write actions, which do require the user to be logged in (Authentication by Access Token). In both cases I want the API to respond to requests coming only from trusted mobile applications.The API will also be used for registering a new account through the mobile application.Update 2: It seems like there are multiple answers to this, but I honestly don't know which one to flag as the answer. Some say it can be done, some say it can't. 
How to safeguard a REST API for only trusted mobile applications
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