Authentication, Billing, and API Key Management

AI Navigate Original / 5/16/2026

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Key Points

  • Auth, billing, and key management are essential before launch
  • Keep keys server-side; never in client/repo; rotate on leak; set caps
  • Identify callers; don't let unauthenticated hit expensive models
  • Bake token cost into pricing; the big risk is running too much

Authentication, Billing, and API Key Management

Essential before publishing an LLM app is authentication, billing, and key management. Neglect this and you get cost blowups or information leaks.

API Key Management (Most Important)

  • Hold keys in server-side environment variables / a secret manager

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