Configuring the SDK

To connect to any of the Impossible FX service with the FX SDK for Java, you must provide API key and secret credentials. The SDK uses provider chains to look for credentials in a number of different places, including system/user environment variables and local configuration files.

This topic provides basic information about setting up your FX credentials for local application development using the FX SDK for Java.

Setting your credentials for use by the FX SDK for Java can be done in a number of ways, but here are the recommended approaches:

• Set the FX_APIKEY and FX_APISECRET environment variables.
  To set these variables on Linux, OS X, or Unix, use export:

    export FX_APIKEY=your API Key
  export FX_APISECRET=your_secret_access_key
  

  To set these variables on Windows:

    set FX_APIKEY=your_access_key_id
  set FX_APISECRET=your_secret_access_key
  

• Provide them as System properties:
  

      java -Dfx.apikey=your api key -Dfx.apisecret=your api secret ...
  

• Set them programmatically (see API Documentaion):
  

  FXRenderClient client = FXRenderClient.builder()
      .withProvider(new StaticCredentialsProvider("your api key", "your api secret"))
      .withRegion("eu-central-1")
      .build();