Where to store API key?

[Matt-Hill-83]

Hi,
First, great work on such a thoroughly built app!
I'm new to most of this stuff, but it seems risky to store your API key in your client code in App.js
Is there a way to adapt this architecture so that your API Key is store somewhere else, perhaps in a Firebase 'function' in the cloud?

Thanks~

• matt

[dpw1]

You should use Dotenv to store sensitive information. Take a look at the documentation and you ought to find your way around fairly easy. :)

[ghost]

If you are going to use create-react-app, you can just use the React default one https://facebook.github.io/create-react-app/docs/adding-custom-environment-variables Not sure if it's safe tho.