diff --git a/src/core/auth/WebSocketAuth.ts b/src/core/auth/WebSocketAuth.ts
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+import * as url from 'url';
+
+import { validateApiKey } from './apiKey.strategy';
+
+export class WebSocketAuth {
+  private key: string;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.key = process.env.WHATSAPP_API_KEY || '';
+  }
+
+  verifyClient = (info: any, callback: any) => {
+    if (!this.key) {
+      callback(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    // Do something with the info
+    let query = url.parse(info.req.url, true).query;
+    // case insensitive
+    query = Object.keys(query).reduce((acc, key) => {
+      acc[key.toLowerCase()] = query[key];
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+
+    const apiKey = query['x-api-key'];
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const isValid = validateApiKey(apiKey, this.key);
+    callback(isValid);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/core/auth/apiKey.strategy.ts b/src/core/auth/apiKey.strategy.ts
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+++ b/src/core/auth/apiKey.strategy.ts
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+import { Injectable, Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { PassportStrategy } from '@nestjs/passport';
+import * as crypto from 'crypto';
+import { HeaderAPIKeyStrategy } from 'passport-headerapikey';
+
+import { WhatsappConfigService } from '../../config.service';
+
+/**
+ * Securely validates API key using constant-time comparison
+ * @param providedKey The key provided in the request
+ * @param storedKey The key stored in the configuration
+ * @returns boolean indicating if the keys match
+ */
+export function validateApiKey(
+  providedKey: string,
+  storedKey: string | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  if (!storedKey || !providedKey) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    // Convert strings to buffers for constant-time comparison
+    const providedKeyBuffer = Buffer.from(providedKey);
+    const storedKeyBuffer = Buffer.from(storedKey);
+
+    // If lengths are different, return false but use a dummy comparison to prevent timing attacks
+    if (providedKeyBuffer.length !== storedKeyBuffer.length) {
+      // Create a dummy buffer of the same length as the provided key
+      const dummyBuffer = Buffer.alloc(providedKeyBuffer.length);
+      // Perform comparison with dummy buffer to maintain constant time
+      crypto.timingSafeEqual(providedKeyBuffer, dummyBuffer);
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    // Perform constant-time comparison
+    return crypto.timingSafeEqual(providedKeyBuffer, storedKeyBuffer);
+  } catch (error) {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class ApiKeyStrategy extends PassportStrategy(HeaderAPIKeyStrategy) {
+  constructor(private config: WhatsappConfigService) {
+    super({ header: 'X-Api-Key', prefix: '' }, true, (apikey, done) => {
+      const isValid = validateApiKey(apikey, this.config.getApiKey());
+      return done(isValid);
+    });
+  }
+
+  validate(apikey: string, done: (result: boolean) => void): void {
+    const isValid = validateApiKey(apikey, this.config.getApiKey());
+    return done(isValid);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/auth/auth.middleware.ts b/src/core/auth/auth.middleware.ts
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+++ b/src/core/auth/auth.middleware.ts
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+import {
+  Injectable,
+  NestMiddleware,
+  UnauthorizedException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import * as passport from 'passport';
+
+import { WhatsappConfigService } from '../../config.service';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class AuthMiddleware implements NestMiddleware {
+  constructor(private config: WhatsappConfigService) {}
+
+  use(req: any, res: any, next: () => void) {
+    // No api key - skip the validation path
+    if (!this.config.getApiKey()) {
+      next();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    passport.authenticate('headerapikey', { session: false }, (value) => {
+      if (!value) {
+        throw new UnauthorizedException();
+      }
+      next();
+    })(req, res, next);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/auth/basicAuth.ts b/src/core/auth/basicAuth.ts
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+++ b/src/core/auth/basicAuth.ts
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+import * as basicAuth from 'express-basic-auth';
+
+export function BasicAuthFunction(username, password, exclude: string[] = []) {
+  function authFunction(req, res, next) {
+    const ignore = exclude.filter((url) => req.url.startsWith(url)).length > 0;
+    if (ignore) {
+      next();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const auth = basicAuth({
+      challenge: true,
+      users: {
+        [username]: password,
+      },
+    });
+    auth(req, res, next);
+  }
+
+  return authFunction;
+}