recursor: Does empty webservice.api_key disable the API?

[karelbilek]

I want to enable the portal, but not the API. Does setting webservice.api_key to empty string do this and disable the API?

Seeing the source code, it seems it does that, but the docs are not clear about this.

[karelbilek]

Ah, it seems like - unlike in dnsdist - the API is impossible to turn off, and the graphic webserver is using the REST API.

edit: when I am looking at the source code, it actually looks like a bug. I will make a PR

[karelbilek]

I made PR here

#16543