Timeline for Best way to hide API key in source code
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| Feb 5, 2014 at 23:52 | vote | accept | Spencer | ||
| Feb 5, 2014 at 18:32 | comment | added | CodeART | Don't put it there | |
| Feb 5, 2014 at 17:35 | answer | added | gregmac | timeline score: 16 | |
| Feb 5, 2014 at 14:56 | comment | added | Spencer | @gregmac Yes, I'm trying to prevent third party users of the application from reading the key. | |
| Feb 5, 2014 at 11:46 | comment | added | Lars Viklund | It may be beneficial to outline the concept of of an API key for readers unfamiliar with it. An API key is a secret awarded to the developer of some software interacting with a service (typically a web service). It is used to identify the source of traffic, lift restrictions vs. anonymous accesses, and to bill the owner of the key for service usage. You are expected to keep it moderately hidden and preferably revoke it if it's compromised. As it needs to be communicated in full to the service, you always lose. | |
| Feb 5, 2014 at 10:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/431012610625253376 | ||
| Feb 5, 2014 at 3:09 | comment | added | gregmac | Are you trying to prevent someone who has access to a deployed binary application from reading the key (as your title implies), or protect them from modifying it (as your idea of verifying via server implies)? What is the ultimate end goal? | |
| Feb 5, 2014 at 0:47 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 5, 2014 at 0:43 | answer | added | Frank Hileman | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 5, 2014 at 0:27 | history | asked | Spencer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |