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does storing my application API key in my github project is allowed ?
Verfasst von ka2erSTAFFMOD am 2. Oktober 2012 um 12:15
I just got an app api key. My project is open sourced on github if I commit the part wich exploit tmdb API via wrapper the app key will be exposed. Is it allowed or no ? Or do I have to make the app key a config object
thanks for your inputs.
Antwort von Travis Bell
am 2. Oktober 2012 um 13:02
For something like this, I would make it a config object and require your users to get their own key.
Antwort von ka2er
am 2. Oktober 2012 um 13:13
thanks for the answer. fortunatelly I asked before pushing !
Antwort von Travis Bell
am 2. Oktober 2012 um 13:39
Well, the one thing to remember is that all it would take is one of the people who downloaded your project to abuse our API in some way and your entire app (every single user who downloaded it) would be taken offline if the API key got revoked.