RE: [Google Maps API v3] Hiding API Key

2018-05-22 Thread Jeff Conrad
Barry, This is pretty much as I had figured—thanks. Jeff Conrad Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 10:55 AM It's impossible as such. The client side app needs the key to function. You could make it much harder to find (eg transfer it only in a encrypted AJAX request) but its still goi

Re: [Google Maps API v3] Hiding API Key

2018-05-22 Thread Barry Hunter
It's impossible as such. The client side app needs the key to function. You could make it much *harder* to find (eg transfer it only in a encrypted AJAX request) but its still going to be pretty easy to figure out (ie will get written into network requests to Google) . For the static API can sig

[Google Maps API v3] Hiding API Key

2018-05-22 Thread Jeff Conrad
Does anyone know of a good way to hide a Google Maps API key in a pure client-side JavaScript application? My app runs on a server for which I do not have administrative privileges, so there are limits to what I can do. I’ve set URL and API restrictions, but I’m not sure what other options are a