# Showing the security status in all external link using Google Safe Browsing Lookup API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-the-security-status-in-all-external-link-using-google-safe-browsing-lookup-api/313015>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 21, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-the-security-status-in-all-external-link-using-google-safe-browsing-lookup-api/313015 "2024-06-21T06:39:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-the-security-status-in-all-external-link-using-google-safe-browsing-lookup-api/313015/2 "2024-06-21T07:07:28Z")

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This is a very cool idea!!

⚠ Note that by including your Google Cloud API key in a theme component, you’re exposing it to the world. When people have access to your API key then can potentially put you up with a very large bill. ⚠

You should either make sure that your API key is sufficiently scoped (e.g. it can only access the Safe Browsing API) or you should add a server side proxy so you can keep the API key safe on your server.

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