topic Re: Hiding API Keys in Web AppBuilder Custom Widgets Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/hiding-api-keys/m-p/864850#M12238 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P class="">Hamish,</P><P class=""><BR /></P><P class="">&nbsp; And JavaScript code or json files you put the API key in can be read. The best you can do is minify/uglify your js code to make less readable.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:03:25 GMT RobertScheitlin__GISP 2016-09-26T00:03:25Z Hiding API Keys https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/hiding-api-keys/m-p/864849#M12237 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All</P><P></P><P>I'm currently developing a headless custom JS widget for WAB that makes use of a few third party APIs. These require API keys. I was wondering how I should hide these keys so others can't use them. I did a quick google search but would like to hear what GIS developers might suggest</P><P></P><P>Cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 25 Sep 2016 23:14:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/hiding-api-keys/m-p/864849#M12237 HamishKingsbury2 2016-09-25T23:14:53Z Re: Hiding API Keys https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/hiding-api-keys/m-p/864850#M12238 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P class="">Hamish,</P><P class=""><BR /></P><P class="">&nbsp; And JavaScript code or json files you put the API key in can be read. The best you can do is minify/uglify your js code to make less readable.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:03:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/hiding-api-keys/m-p/864850#M12238 RobertScheitlin__GISP 2016-09-26T00:03:25Z Re: Hiding API Keys https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/hiding-api-keys/m-p/864851#M12239 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That's one solution and will most likely be my approach. I'll keep looking and see if I can come up with anything more secure</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:14:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/web-appbuilder-custom-widgets-questions/hiding-api-keys/m-p/864851#M12239 HamishKingsbury2 2016-09-26T00:14:11Z