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API key

noun \ˌā-ˌpē-ˈī ˈkē\
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Definition of API key

  1. : a secret code that identifies your account when your program calls an API, and that is used for billing

    • Never paste your API key into a public repository.
    • Someone found the leaked API key and ran up a huge bill.

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API application programming interface: a defined way for one program to send requests to another… rate limit a cap on how many requests or tokens an account can send to an API in a given time

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