I have an api Key in my application.properties file in my spring boot app but when I try it to push on the GitHub so it gives me an error that the secret key will not be pushed to GitHub ! ..
Can someone help me what to do in this case ?
#Api Key config
wanton hare
sage tartanBOT
<@&1004656351647117403> please have a look, thanks.
faint wind
Yes, don't push secrets.
nova sail
don't publish secrets in repositories
faint wind
There's a reason you get the warning.
Read it from a file you don't push, a key vault, ... But don't push it!
formal frost
I have an api Key in my application.properties file in my spring boot app but wh...
Why would you want to hardcode your API key in the first place? GitHub is doing you a favor by not accepting it.
In fact, there are scrapers running pretty much 24/7, looking for people stupid enough to publish their API keys. These scrapers will look at every git commit and check for these keys, so as soon as you pushed it, your API key is effectively stolen.
nova sail
easiest way is from an env
faint wind
