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How do you keep an API key safe?
Interview Q&A card: How do you keep an API key safe? An API key is a secret password that lets a program use a paid service. Keep it out of code: store it in an environment variable or a secrets manager, never commit it to GitHub, give it the least access, and rotate (replace) it if exposed.
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Interview Q&A card: How do you keep an API key safe? An API key is a secret password that lets a program use a paid service. Keep it out of code: store it in an environment variable or a secrets manager, never commit it to GitHub, give it the least access, and rotate (replace) it if exposed.
Learn this in the lesson: Your First OpenAI and Gemini API Call in Python (Free Key Setup)