Automation & Workflows
API Key
An API key is a value a service uses to recognize or control requests, often for an application or project. Its permissions and confidentiality requirements depend on that service. For example, standard Google Cloud API keys identify a billing or quota project, not an authenticated IAM principal; a key is not universally a user password.
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