Paddle checkout opens from Paddle.js with a client-side token, never with the server API key

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:52:50.578Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:52:50.578Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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Paddle.js is initialised with a client-side token created in the dashboard, a credential distinct from the server API key and safe to ship inside a browser bundle. It can only open checkouts and read what a checkout needs; it cannot list customers, issue refunds or cancel subscriptions. Putting the server API key in the browser instead exposes full account control to anyone who views source.

The Billing flow is an environment call, then initialisation with the token, then opening a checkout with an items array of price IDs and quantities. Confirm that the token in your bundle does not authenticate against the REST API host. Keep the two credentials in separately named environment variables and treat anything that works against the REST API as server-only.

Source: https://developer.paddle.com/

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