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If a service has an API and gives you a key, Biscuit can integrate with it. You don’t write any code. You describe what you want in chat, hand over the API key when Biscuit asks, and Biscuit sets up the integration.

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A worked example: Vidmetrics

I’ll walk you through this with an app I built called Vidmetrics. You add a YouTube video URL, and the app fetches the title, description, thumbnail, and view count from the YouTube Data API v3. Once a video is added, you can also fetch the latest changes. See it running: https://fizzy-muffin-h8u2.bsct.so/

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Steps to connect an API

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Start the conversation

In the chat, you can either explore openly or be specific. Both work.
  • Open: “I want to fetch view count for my YouTube videos and show the count in the app. How can we do that?”
  • Specific: “I want to integrate with YouTube Data API v3 to show view count.”
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Add the API key

Biscuit will ask you for the API keys or secrets. Enter them in the secure input box that appears in chat. Don’t paste them as plain text in the conversation.
Secure input box for entering an API key in chat
3

Let Biscuit do the rest

Biscuit handles the integration setup, including the auth pattern and how the data flows into your app.

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Managing your secrets

All API keys you’ve added are visible in Project Settings (top-left corner). Add, rotate, or remove them from there. Keys are encrypted at rest and aren’t visible in plaintext after entry.
Try this prompt
I want to fetch view count for my YouTube videos and show the count in the app. How can we do that?

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FAQ

Most often this is the API key. Open Project Settings and check the key is current and has the right scopes for the API you’re calling.
Rotate it immediately at the API provider, then add the new one in the secure input box.
That’s fine. Describe what you want the integration to do (in plain words) and Biscuit will guide you through what it needs.

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