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Discussion on: Quickest Way to Secure API Keys on the Frontend (In Minutes)

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This article is not meant to be an advertisement, it is meant to walk users through the steps of using KOR Connect and is meant to serve as a quicker alternate way of integrating 3rd party APIs.
You do have a valid point, we don’t want this to seem like an advertisement, we use this organization channel so that more than one team member can contribute to each blog, would you suggest we use individual accounts? We are very new to using Dev.to, and would love to hear some feedback.

To address the replication of the problem, as mentioned above:
Yes, if you have your own server you can implement this through your backend. However KOR Connect is meant for services hosted on a CDN that don’t require servers, allowing these developers the ability to connect to 3rd party APIs, as well as a place to secure the 3rd party API keys without having to setup or maintain a backend.

Furthermore, The public key provided is to identify the user's project within KOR Connect. Having access to this public key doesn't grant you access to the specific API you are using or to your API's key,