# How to securely store username and password for an API within my app

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**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 9:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-securely-store-username-and-password-for-an-api-within-my-app/72180 "2022-11-15T09:14:20Z")\
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Yes, for now. But on the new Homey Pro 2023 it will be different, as written in the developer update.

> **The new Homey Pro can be fully backed up to a Mac or PC using USB. This means the entire operating system & userdata is saved**.Because of this new feature, it’s considerably easier for users to access and/or change Homey Pro’s filesystem, and therefore an app’s JavaScript code and environment variables.

The question how information in a env.json will be protected remains unanswered, not in the AMA nor on slack.:

> [@The new Homey Pro — Ask Me Anything](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/36):
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> Quote from the Developer Update e-mail: Q: How will information from env.json be protected?

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