api-key

I've spent the last 48 hours pulling my hair out trying to find the answer to this question. The person who asked this question: how can I make API KEY for Google Places api? Is experiencing the same issue I am having, but never got an answer. Basically, I need help getting a Google PLACES api key. I already have a maps api key which works fine, but I cannot get a places API key. I have followed every single tutorial I could find including (To name a couple: ( http://wptrafficanalyzer.in/blog/showing-nearby-places-using-google-places-api-and-google-map-android-api-v2/ ) , ( http://www

I see this word in almost every cross service application these days. What exactly is an API key and what are its uses? Also, what is the difference between public and private API keys. What "exactly" an API key is used for depends very much on who issues it, and what services it's being used for. By and large, however, an API key is the name given to some form of secret token which is submitted alongside web service (or similar) requests in order to identify the origin of the request. The key may be included in some digest of the request content to further verify the origin and to prevent

I made a weather app in create-react-app. How do I hide the API key so that I can commit to GitHub? Right now the key is in App.js: const API_KEY = "123456"; DISCLAIMER Unless you're making tutorial apps, don't put secrets like api key in client side (ie, React app). From React documentation, WARNING: Do not store any secrets (such as private API keys) in your React app! Environment variables are embedded into the build, meaning anyone can view them by inspecting your app's files. Original Answer To elaborate Arup Rakshit's comment, First, you should make .env file outside of your src folder.

I'd like to use travis-ci for one of my projects . The project is an API wrapper, so many of the tests rely on the use of secret API keys. To test locally, I just store them as environment variables. What's a safe way to use those keys on Travis? Travis has a feature to encrypt environment variables ( "Encrypting environment variables" ). This can be used to protect your secret API keys. I've successfully used this for my Heroku API key. All you have to do is install the travis gem, encrypt the string you want and add the encrypted string in your .travis.yml . The encryption is only valid for

So, I'm developing a small application just for my own use and perhaps an open source project on Git. I'm using an API from Envato Marketplaces, and as you all know there are some operations that don't require any keys, but in the same time there are some that do require. I first made a nice API wrapper for the Envato API in PHP, but then I decided to experiment a little bit with JavaScript, so I'm developing the same wrapper with JavaScript. So far I have no problems with the public operations, but I now have to use the API Key. My question would be if there's a way to protect the API Key in