# Hiding the API Key

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-the-api-key/155136>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 17, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-the-api-key/155136 "2020-06-17T15:03:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hiding-the-api-key/155136/3 "2020-06-17T16:16:54Z")

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Thanks. I’ve set up a backend structure to handle the API request, but it is separate from my discourse instance (not connected to discourse at all). Is there a way to have this occur on the back-end of the discourse app itself?

I assume it depends on how/where your discourse instance is hosted. Would there be a way to link to the backend for an app hosted with [discourse.org](http://discourse.org)?

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