How to Protect Android OpenAI API Key
· 7 min read
As an Android developer integrating OpenAI's powerful APIs into your mobile apps, you've likely faced this critical question: How do I protect my OpenAi API key from reverse engineering?
The harsh reality is that any API key embedded directly in your Android APK is vulnerable to extraction. Let's explore the most common approaches developers use and why Gateway provides the most robust solution for this problem.
TL;DR: The API Key should never be stored or moved through your Android app. You need to use a backend to proxy your requests and add the API key to the request on the server side