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does storing my application API key in my github project is allowed ?
Inlagt av ka2erSTAFFMOD den 2 oktober 2012 vid 12:15 PM
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.
Svar från Travis Bell
den 2 oktober 2012 vid 1:02 PM
For something like this, I would make it a config object and require your users to get their own key.
Svar från ka2er
den 2 oktober 2012 vid 1:13 PM
thanks for the answer. fortunatelly I asked before pushing !
Svar från Travis Bell
den 2 oktober 2012 vid 1:39 PM
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.