Hide API keys from github using Javascript

hide-api-keys-from-github.md

How to hide API keys from github

Using Javascript

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1. Create a config.js file.

2. Open config.js and enter your API keys.

var config = {
  mapkey : '12633733456',
  apikey : '56737589'
}

3. Add a link to the script in your HTML file.

<script type='text/javascript' src='config.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='script.js></script>

4. In your main javascript file declare the variables that point to the API keys in config.js.

var myKey = config.mapkey;
var secretKey = config.apikey;

5. Create a .gitignore file. Note the period at the start of the file name:

.gitignore

6. In the .gitignore file, enter the names of the files you don't want git to track.

config.js