# Public Space - Credentials
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**Author:**  [@bradley6597](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fbradley6597)%5C
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fpublic-space-credentials%2F33266%2F1 "2023-03-07T16:29:06Z")
Is there a way I can use gradio within a public Hugging Space but add credentials to it?
Iām aware the credentials will be visible in the app.py if I use the auth command, so is there a way to get around this?
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**Author:**  [@freddyaboulton](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Ffreddyaboulton)%5C
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fpublic-space-credentials%2F33266%2F2 "2023-03-07T16:40:38Z")
Hi @bradley6597 !
You can store the credentials as environment variables in the space and then read them is with `os.environ`.
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**Author:**  [@bradley6597](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fbradley6597)%5C
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fpublic-space-credentials%2F33266%2F3 "2023-03-07T17:57:02Z")
> [@freddyaboulton](#):
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> You can store the credentials as environment variables in the space and then read them is with `os.environ`.
Hey @freddyaboulton,
How would I get them into the environment initially on a Hugging Space instance?
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**Author:**  [@freddyaboulton](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Ffreddyaboulton)%5C
**Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fpublic-space-credentials%2F33266%2F4 "2023-03-07T18:09:12Z")
You can go to the `Settings` tab of your space and scroll down to where it says `Repository Secrets`
