New to Glitch : multiple questions

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Hi everyone,

I’m new to Glitch and I have some questions that needs answers before I can be sure that Glitch is the platform that I need for my projects.

I have two projects :

    1. Twitch bot

Simple twitch bot that reads incoming chat events and messages. The bot needs to listen to the chat everytime, so i think i need to upgrade my account with a payment method ? Is there another way, because it’s only listening event so if the code is running it’s okay for me.

    1. Web API

My second need is to develop a web API, the goal is very simple, have an URL that returns calculated data.
I have to store “sensitive” data in the project environnement variables, so the project can’t be public.
Is there a way to create a web API in glitch where there’s only the publics URL that are available and not all the code ?

Thanks for your answers :slight_smile:

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Environment Variables cannot be see by others/non-project-contributers that you have chosen, so your project can be public

By making a project private, others can’t see the code, but they can go to the Url. There is no way to hide parts of code/particular files to people other than project contributers.

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Glitch stores Environment Variables in the .env file, you can learn more about that here:
https://glitch.happyfox.com/kb/article/18-how-do-i-store-secrets-credentials-or-private-data/

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Actually, you can make a .data folder, that way the editor can’t view the code inside there, however the code is still available if you access it via the terminal.

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Oh, just making sure OP knew! :smiley:

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Oh, I didn’t think it was offensive! Good to point out.

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why was this post flagged?
I dont think it was wrong in any way?
@EddiesTech you should probbaly ask glitch why it was flagged

Are you talking to me? Yes I know they are stored in env and so does OP :joy:

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Hello guys,

Thank you all for your quicks answers !

As @EddiesTech said, if the url is reachable if i use express or the web api examples on glitch, but the code and project is private in glitch, it’s exactly what i need for my web api project ! :smiley:

Thanks for the link for the environment variables, i can store my future database login / password here and be safe, that’s all i needed, I can start the development now :slight_smile:

I still have one question about my bot tho !

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Hi man,

If I use a SQLlite database stored in the .data folter, the database file can be read by someone if my app is publish ?

That’s what i chosed to store my sentitive data ATM.

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No, the contents of the data folder are hidden. (from my knowledge)

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Okay, so there’s no security concerns for me if the database is secured from public, and only the reachables URLs are public / pingable (the ones that i implemented in express)

Thank you all :slight_smile:

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