diff --git a/src/middlewares/AuthChecker.ts b/src/middlewares/AuthChecker.ts
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+import { Action } from "routing-controllers";
+import { config } from '../config';
+
+/**
+ * Handles authentication via jwt's (Bearer authorization header) for all api endpoints using the @Authorized decorator.
+ * @param action Routing-Controllers action object that provides request and response objects among other stuff.
+ * @param permissions The permissions that the endpoint using @Authorized requires.
+ */
+const AuthChecker = async (action: Action) => {
+    const provided_token = action.request.query.key;
+    return provided_token == config.api_key;
+}
+
+export default AuthChecker
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diff --git a/src/middlewares/ErrorHandler.ts b/src/middlewares/ErrorHandler.ts
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+import { ExpressErrorMiddlewareInterface, Middleware } from "routing-controllers";
+
+/**
+ * Our Error handling middlware that returns our custom httperrors to the user.
+ */
+@Middleware({ type: "after" })
+export class ErrorHandler implements ExpressErrorMiddlewareInterface {
+    public error(error: any, request: any, response: any, next: (err: any) => any) {
+        if (response.headersSent) {
+            return;
+        }
+        response.json(error);
+    }
+}