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Why don't APIs support IP address authentication?

For APIs focused on server based apps, this should work as well as anything else.

It's not possible to duplicate an IP --- the communication gets broken. If the server gets compromised --- well, any pre-shared keys are likewise compromised so the result is the same.

There are a few services that support this but not very many.