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johnagillespie
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Securing python credentials

I am using Python to pull some data from an API. 

What is the best way of securely storing API keys and inserting at runtime.  I don’t want to leave them embedded in my dashboard.  

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Hi  @johnagillespie ,

 

The data connected through power bi is strictly protected. This is the Power BI Data Protection December announcements. You can check:

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-data-protection-december-announcements/

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

If this post helps, then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.

That doesnt help me. 

I have a PBIX file with API acccess credentials embedded in the file in a Python script. I want to be able to share the file with colleagues using Github or similar, but dont want to leave the API creds in the file. I want to pull them in at run time. 

How would I do that?

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