Samuel Perales   •   almost 2 years ago

Submitting API Key Necessary for Hosted Applications?

Hello! I just submitted my project yesterday and wanted to confirm that everything y'all need is included. I've seen a lot of discussions about whether or not to include an API key, but I was wondering where to actually include that and what the purpose is.

1. Is the purpose of including the API key just so that the judges can test the project themselves? If so, my web application is already hosted with my API key as a secret so the judges should not need to know it directly; they can just visit the project in the browser. Is providing the API key still necessary in this case?

2. If the API key is still necessary for some reason other than being able to test the application, where should I include that in my submission? Ideally there would be an option that is not a public repository.

Thanks! Excited to see people projects!