Hide Bot Token in GitHub

[BradTFT]

Hi community,

Im using github as version control (some people asked my why im uploading my bots code to github) and i need a way to hide my token in my repo. is there any way to do this. ive seen people do things with other files but idk how to make sure that the last line of my bot.py file so it runs. anyway, i just need a way to censor my token in my repo

[Vexs]

You can't* preclude a specific line of a specific file from being committed. Store your token in another file or in environment variables or similar.

(*you can, but it's stupid)

[BradTFT]

im using python. how can i link the files and still have the functionality of my main file

[Chrovo]

Assuming you have a file to store your token in, create another file called .gitignore. Put the name of the file(the file that your token is being stored in) in the .gitignore file. This should block your secret file from being viewed publicly.

[BradTFT]

thanks for the info

[BradTFT]

@JDJGInc link is expired

[scrazzz]

@JDJGInc link is expired

discord.gg/dpy

[BradTFT]

@scrazzz appreciate it thanks

[BradTFT]

just realized i am already in the discord. they pointed me here. said it was a better fit to ask on github

[scrazzz]

Why don't you make your repository private? That way you can keep your token safe without worrying about someone else finding it.

[BradTFT]

this would be more of an education thing for me to learn how to hide the token. but yes that is an option

[GoogolGenius]

Use can use environment variables with Python dotenv to keep the token secret. And in your .gitignore file you would omit it. Read on the PyPi website.

[trevorflahardy]

This was already answered in the help channel at 3:31pm EST today. You can review that here if interested.

The help channel is always there for you, feel free to @ me in it anytime - Chai#9762. It's always going to be faster to ask in the help channel than ask in GitHub discussions :)