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I am learning how to us brownie for NFTs and I don't know where to put my infura API Key. I see in the Github repo that the .env file looks like this:

export PRIVATE_KEY=asafdagadd
export WEB3_INFURA_PROJECT_ID=asdfsdf

But where does the API key go? Just the ID won't let me make API calls right?

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Brownie actually has infura built in, so you only need the WEB3_INFURA_PROJECT_ID and brownie will sort all the URLs and such under the hood.

Test it out and see what happens!

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  • It failed with this error "HTTPError: 403 Client Error: Forbidden for url: rinkeby.infura.io/v3/<myprojectId>" but that was what I predicted. My Infura API needs the Secret Key right? Otherwise it would be a big security vulnerability because anyone could make an API request to my Infura project if they knew the project ID right?
    – ChristianOConnor
    Oct 29, 2021 at 10:00
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    Oh nevermind it worked! From what I researched the problem was that Infura only lets you make API calls for 1 smart contract to each Infura project. I had already used the last project for another smart contract. I made a new Infura project and used the new project ID. Btw, I feel like that's a security vulnerability that I don't have to put my Infura secret in a post request to make API calls.
    – ChristianOConnor
    Oct 29, 2021 at 10:21
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    Potentially, you can alternatively always run your own ETH node if you prefer!
    – Patrick Collins
    Nov 3, 2021 at 20:49

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