While working with various third-party services and APIs, you often handle authentication to these services using an API key.
Anyone with access to these keys will be able to use the API leading to security issues.
In this thread, let's look at how you can secure API keys.
Anyone with access to these keys will be able to use the API leading to security issues.
In this thread, let's look at how you can secure API keys.
Secret stores:
One of the ways to keep your API keys secure is by adding them to a secrets store as soon as they are generated.
If you are a developer, you can make use of the secrets feature in the @Replit IDEs, which will limit the secret to your code's context.
One of the ways to keep your API keys secure is by adding them to a secrets store as soon as they are generated.
If you are a developer, you can make use of the secrets feature in the @Replit IDEs, which will limit the secret to your code's context.
@Replit Changing API keys:
While working with API keys, it's important to make sure that a malicious actor does not have access to them.
While secret stores are beneficial, they might get leaked. To stay safe from this, it's important to periodically change your API keys.
While working with API keys, it's important to make sure that a malicious actor does not have access to them.
While secret stores are beneficial, they might get leaked. To stay safe from this, it's important to periodically change your API keys.
@Replit Monitor API usage:
Sometimes it's possible that an API is being used without your knowledge. In this case, it's important to monitor the API usage.
The API provider will usually have a monitoring dashboard that you can use to see the number of requests being made.
Sometimes it's possible that an API is being used without your knowledge. In this case, it's important to monitor the API usage.
The API provider will usually have a monitoring dashboard that you can use to see the number of requests being made.
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