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Description

Refactored the handling of the public Google API key used by BotGuard. Instead of being hardcoded directly in the Kotlin source file, it's now managed via BuildConfig.

This change allows the key to be easily overridden through an environment variable (NEWPIPE_GOOGLE_API_KEY) during the build process, which is a cleaner and more secure approach than keeping secrets in the source code. It also resolves a static analysis warning while maintaining existing functionality.

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  • I have tested these changes on my device
  • My code follows the project's style guidelines
  • I have provided a detailed description of the changes
  • This PR is a refactoring of existing logic

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Improves code maintainability and security by moving API keys out of source code and into the build configuration.

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@RinZ27 RinZ27 force-pushed the fix/api-key-exposure branch from c2e0a97 to 59e01e3 Compare January 13, 2026 14:09
@AudricV AudricV added the template missing The bug/feature template is missing (e.g. the used app does not support issue templates) label Jan 14, 2026
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RinZ27 commented Jan 16, 2026

@AudricV Updated the PR description to follow the required template. Ready for review.

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AudricV commented Jan 16, 2026

Updated the PR description to follow the required template.

No, you didn't, the required template isn't the one used, the correct one is at https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/blob/dev/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md.

Your PR seems to be AI-generated, according to the tone of its description and its changes. Please refrain from doing so in the future, see the contribution guidelines.

Your change isn't needed at all, this key is still publicly somewhere stored at the end, just in a different file. This isn't an API key for a public Google API, it is used by YouTube clients in an internal API service (BotGuard) intended for its websites. That's what static analysis tools don't get, as they think when they recognize the Google API key syntax that it is a leak of a public API key by a normal user.

Closing this pull request.

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@RinZ27 RinZ27 deleted the fix/api-key-exposure branch January 16, 2026 16:04
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