# Custom OPEN AI API KEY

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-open-ai-api-key/66857>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [October 9, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-open-ai-api-key/66857 "2023-10-09T14:32:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![briascoi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/briascoi/32/65063_2.png) [@briascoi](https://community.glideapps.com/u/briascoi)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-open-ai-api-key/66857/1 "2023-10-09T14:32:07Z")

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Hi, is there any way to use an API KEY a user entered in a form? Because we want to create an app with the option to use their own API KEY instead of ours.

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**Author:** ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/custom-open-ai-api-key/66857/2 "2023-10-09T14:41:35Z")

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@briascoi as I read glide terms then I don’t think such an app would be allowed

## Prohibited Data Types

When building in Glide, you are prohibited from processing the following types of data in any way:

- Unencrypted passwords and other login credentials, such as authentication tokens.

From:

> **[University](https://learn.glideapps.com/dl/certification/s/6f32f1/r/sqi7nqyeRnSVR6zz1F9wTg/s/8bbbff/r/TYcLVFW7Q2KpVY4AjXTVDg)**