Don't post API Keys in the forum

Please don’t post API keys for any system in the forum.

Being called API Keys makes it less obvious what they are if you don’t really understand the underlying technology. A better name for them is really “API Password”. They allow a remote computer to identify your computer, so if you give your API key to someone else then they can pretend to be your computer.

In the same way as you wouldn’t (hopefully!) post your password on an open forum, please treat your API keys in the same way. If you want to show where the key is in a connection string, etc use something like “” in its place.