Secure Infura project key

Nhan Cao
2 min readOct 19, 2022

Details: https://docs.infura.io/infura/networks/ethereum/how-to/secure-a-project

Patterns:

  • Frontend/Mobile app:
    + Requests: 10/sec, 5000/day
    + Allowlists: Origins, Contract addresses, User agents (optional)
    + JWT required: Public (short expiration), Signed (long expiration)
  • BE service:
    + Requests: x0/sec, x000/day
    + Allowlists: Contract addresses, User agents (optional)
    + Project secret required: JWT or API secret

Secure with API key secret