[Feature]: API key authentication

[gejf456]

🚀 The feature, motivation and pitch

Can we add --api-key flag which can supports API key authentication to secure OpenAI-compatible endpoints. (/v1/)?

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[karljang]

Thank you for bringing this up!

@laikhtewari,
I believe this feature is a good-to-have feature, supported by both vLLM and SGLang.