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Dave Cordero
Dave Cordero

Reputation: 89

Where to store my API key in an open source Python Script

So I'm working on with an api from IsThereAnyDeals and I'm wondering where I should store my API key? Is it possible to store it remotely or is it fine to just store it inside the script?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2202

Answers (2)

MajaOlsz
MajaOlsz

Reputation: 11

You can add your cfg file to .gitignore, so that this file doesn't get uploaded, when you do a git commit.

You can read more about that topic here: How to ignore certain files in Git

Upvotes: 1

Serial Lazer
Serial Lazer

Reputation: 1669

ConfigParser is a good choice to setup your configuration-files in Python.

Something like this:

import configparser

cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
cfg.read('example.cfg')

print(cfg.get('KEYS', 'api_key', raw=''))

example.cfg:

[KEYS]
api_key: @#$@GSSAS

Upvotes: 3

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