diff --git a/app/controllers/api/docs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/docs_controller.rb
index 5dc76c0bb..675177632 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/docs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/docs_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Api
   # The API's own description, for Swagger UI at /api-docs.
   class DocsController < ActionController::API
     def show
+      expires_in 1.hour, public: true
       render json: ApiDocs.openapi
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
index a6fd2570d..37e3950e9 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module Api
 
       def update
         resource = resource_class.find(params)
-        # As it is now; the resource hook then checks what it would become.
+        # The record as it is; the resource then checks what the changes would make of it.
         authorize! :update, resource.data
         render_write resource, resource.update_attributes
       end
@@ -89,12 +89,7 @@ module Api
 
       def authenticate_member_from_token!
         authenticate_with_http_token do |token, _options|
-          auth = Authentication.find_by(token: token, provider: 'api')
-          if auth.present?
-            @current_user = auth.member
-
-            return true
-          end
+          @current_user = Authentication.find_by(token: token, provider: 'api')&.member
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/resources/application_resource.rb b/app/resources/application_resource.rb
index 42a9d2b1d..62a0bf585 100644
--- a/app/resources/application_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/application_resource.rb
@@ -31,19 +31,6 @@ class ApplicationResource < Graphiti::Resource
     context.authorize!(:destroy, record) if written?(record)
   end
 
-  def written?(record)
-    record.instance_of?(context.resource_class.model)
-  end
-
-  # A foreign key that points at nothing is a request for something that is not there, not a server error.
-  def linked_records_exist!(record)
-    record.class.reflect_on_all_associations(:belongs_to).reject(&:polymorphic?).each do |association|
-      next if record[association.foreign_key].blank? || record.association(association.name).reader
-
-      raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, "Couldn't find #{association.klass.name} with id #{record[association.foreign_key]}"
-    end
-  end
-
   # Photos are attached to plantings, gardens and harvests through the polymorphic photo_associations table.
   # This is the `photos` relationship of one of those; filter[photo_id] on that resource is how photos link back.
   def self.photos_of(type)
@@ -81,4 +68,30 @@ class ApplicationResource < Graphiti::Resource
   def self.filter_only(name, type)
     attribute name, type, readable: false, writable: false
   end
+
+  # Read only: it can be listed and shown, and nothing else.
+  def self.read_only
+    primary_endpoint "/#{type}", %i(index show)
+  end
+
+  # The member a record belongs to. It is the member holding the token that wrote it, so it is never set by a request.
+  def self.owned
+    filter_only :owner_id, :integer
+    belongs_to :owner, resource: MemberResource
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def written?(record)
+    record.instance_of?(context.resource_class.model)
+  end
+
+  # A foreign key that points at nothing is a request for something that is not there, not a server error.
+  def linked_records_exist!(record)
+    record.class.reflect_on_all_associations(:belongs_to).reject(&:polymorphic?).each do |association|
+      next if record[association.foreign_key].blank? || record.association(association.name).reader
+
+      raise ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, "Couldn't find #{association.klass.name} with id #{record[association.foreign_key]}"
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/resources/crop_resource.rb b/app/resources/crop_resource.rb
index 1af61678f..b6097777b 100644
--- a/app/resources/crop_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/crop_resource.rb
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 class CropResource < ApplicationResource
   self.model = Crop
-  primary_endpoint '/crops', %i(index show)
+  read_only
   secondary_endpoint '/crops/search', [:search]
 
-  attribute :name, :string, writable: false
-  attribute :en_wikipedia_url, :string, writable: false
-  attribute :perennial, :boolean, writable: false
-  attribute :median_lifespan, :integer, writable: false
-  attribute :median_days_to_first_harvest, :integer, writable: false
-  attribute :median_days_to_last_harvest, :integer, writable: false
+  attribute :name, :string
+  attribute :en_wikipedia_url, :string
+  attribute :perennial, :boolean
+  attribute :median_lifespan, :integer
+  attribute :median_days_to_first_harvest, :integer
+  attribute :median_days_to_last_harvest, :integer
   filter_only :approval_status, :string
 
   default_filter :approval_status do |scope|
diff --git a/app/resources/garden_resource.rb b/app/resources/garden_resource.rb
index 402427122..781ff15af 100644
--- a/app/resources/garden_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/garden_resource.rb
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ class GardenResource < ApplicationResource
   filter_only :slug, :string
   filter_only :active, :boolean
   filter_only :location, :string
-  filter_only :owner_id, :integer
   filter_only :garden_type_id, :integer
 
-  belongs_to :owner, resource: MemberResource
+  owned
   has_many :plantings
   photos_of 'Garden'
 end
diff --git a/app/resources/harvest_resource.rb b/app/resources/harvest_resource.rb
index b09d8abfa..f3fc46843 100644
--- a/app/resources/harvest_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/harvest_resource.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ class HarvestResource < ApplicationResource
 
   attribute :crop_id, :integer, readable: false
   attribute :planting_id, :integer, readable: false
-  filter_only :owner_id, :integer
   filter_only :plant_part_id, :integer
 
   belongs_to :crop
   belongs_to :planting
-  belongs_to :owner, resource: MemberResource
+  owned
   photos_of 'Harvest'
 
   before_save do |harvest|
diff --git a/app/resources/job_resource.rb b/app/resources/job_resource.rb
index eb7737e3d..77b04246e 100644
--- a/app/resources/job_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/job_resource.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ class JobResource < ApplicationResource
   attribute :action, :string
 
   attribute :garden_id, :integer, readable: false
-  filter_only :owner_id, :integer
 
   belongs_to :garden
-  belongs_to :owner, resource: MemberResource
+  owned
 end
diff --git a/app/resources/member_resource.rb b/app/resources/member_resource.rb
index 97cf87dba..cc4e507f0 100644
--- a/app/resources/member_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/member_resource.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 class MemberResource < ApplicationResource
   self.model = Member
-  primary_endpoint '/members', %i(index show)
+  read_only
 
-  attribute :login_name, :string, writable: false
-  attribute :slug, :string, writable: false
+  attribute :login_name, :string
+  attribute :slug, :string
 
   has_many :gardens, foreign_key: :owner_id
   has_many :plantings, foreign_key: :owner_id
diff --git a/app/resources/photo_resource.rb b/app/resources/photo_resource.rb
index 005389d9e..e8bb4ef28 100644
--- a/app/resources/photo_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/photo_resource.rb
@@ -2,19 +2,18 @@
 
 class PhotoResource < ApplicationResource
   self.model = Photo
-  primary_endpoint '/photos', %i(index show)
+  read_only
 
-  attribute :thumbnail_url, :string, writable: false
-  attribute :fullsize_url, :string, writable: false
-  attribute :license_name, :string, writable: false
-  attribute :link_url, :string, writable: false
-  attribute :title, :string, writable: false
-  filter_only :owner_id, :integer
+  attribute :thumbnail_url, :string
+  attribute :fullsize_url, :string
+  attribute :license_name, :string
+  attribute :link_url, :string
+  attribute :title, :string
 
   filter :crop_id, :integer do
     eq { |scope, ids| scope.where(id: PhotoAssociation.where(crop_id: ids).select(:photo_id)) }
   end
 
-  belongs_to :owner, resource: MemberResource
+  owned
   %w(Planting Garden Harvest).each { |type| photographed type }
 end
diff --git a/app/resources/planting_resource.rb b/app/resources/planting_resource.rb
index 9aa68cc19..f63fe9db6 100644
--- a/app/resources/planting_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/planting_resource.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ class PlantingResource < ApplicationResource
 
   attribute :crop_id, :integer, readable: false
   attribute :garden_id, :integer, readable: false
-  filter_only :owner_id, :integer
 
   filter :active, :boolean do
     eq { |scope, value| value ? scope.active : scope }
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ class PlantingResource < ApplicationResource
 
   belongs_to :garden
   belongs_to :crop
-  belongs_to :owner, resource: MemberResource
+  owned
   has_many :harvests
   photos_of 'Planting'
 end
diff --git a/app/resources/seed_resource.rb b/app/resources/seed_resource.rb
index 79bcfcdbd..71af7d129 100644
--- a/app/resources/seed_resource.rb
+++ b/app/resources/seed_resource.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ class SeedResource < ApplicationResource
   attribute :heirloom, :string
 
   attribute :crop_id, :integer, readable: false
-  filter_only :owner_id, :integer
 
   belongs_to :crop
-  belongs_to :owner, resource: MemberResource
+  owned
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 55ccabc37..77547b3ef 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :smtp
 
   config.host = ENV.fetch('HOST', nil)
-  config.x.api_base_url = "https://#{config.host}" if config.host.present? && ENV['API_BASE_URL'].blank?
+  config.x.api_base_url = ENV.fetch('API_BASE_URL') { "https://#{config.host}" }
   config.analytics_code = <<-GET_CLICKY_SCRIPT
     <script src="//static.getclicky.com/js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript">try{ clicky.init(100594260); }catch(e){}</script>