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Hey Chromium Devs -
Starting with M23, Chrome and Chromium are going to be using API keys
to access the Google APIs that it relies on for various features, to
help us better understand and manage the traffic our APIs get from
various clients.
As a result of these changes, each developer now needs to acquire a
set of API keys from the Google APIs Console and follow the
instructions at http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys to
provide those keys to Chromium, either at build configuration or
runtime.
Starting with M23 over the next few weeks APIs will be restricting or
removing support for unkeyed requests, so unless you have set up your
API keys some of the functionality of Chromium (e.g. “Sign into
Chromium …”) may stop working altogether.
Build instructions on http://www.chromium.org have been updated to
include this new build step. If you have any further questions or
concerns, please feel free to reach out.
Cheers,
Jói
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Starting with M23, Chrome and Chromium are going to be using API keys
to access the Google APIs that it relies on for various features, to
help us better understand and manage the traffic our APIs get from
various clients.
As a result of these changes, each developer now needs to acquire a
set of API keys from the Google APIs Console and follow the
instructions at http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/api-keys to
provide those keys to Chromium, either at build configuration or
runtime.
Linux distros can reach out to us to work something out.
> What about Linux distros that compile Chromium code from source? It seemsLinux distros can reach out to us to work something out.
> only Chromium developers can get the keys - is that correct?
Could you please make a document that instructs people on how to obtain keys if you are a Linux distro?
Hi all,I trust that this is the right place for such a query.I routinely build Chromium for my own use, usually every week or two, and package it for *buntu distros. As I said, the packages are for my own use (mostly), but I also distribute these builds to a couple of friends who have similar setups (Xubuntu and Linux Mint, for example).My question is, then: if I bake API keys into my own build, detailed through the "API Keys" HOWTO, am I allowed to distribute such builds to my friends, or is this not allowed? I apologize if this is a stupid question, but I wasn't clear about this from the HOWTO. I understand that the keys themselves must not be distributed, but are builds made with them allowed to be distributed in such a limited manner?Thanks very much in advance.Grey
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