So let’s say you’ve already got your app up and running with whatever service you need and a fancy gem to help you integrate it, like Stripe or Twilio. Great! But to set up the configurations, you need to use your API secret keys and you don’t want those accessible in your codebase or pushed […]
Environment Variables
APIs, API keys, Environment Variables, and Security
Most web applications that are currently being built or already exist usually rely on at least one 3rd party API if not dozens. A 3rd party API is something that a web application uses to gain access to another web application’s and / or company’s services. For the remainder of this post an ‘API’ will […]