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How to add Dev.to to RedPanda with a personal API key.

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Overview

Note

Operators and self-host installs do not register a Dev.to developer app or add Dev.to operator keys to the backend. Each account just pastes their own API key in the dashboard.

You connect with a personal API key from your Dev.to Settings.

Danger

Anyone with the key can publish as that Dev.to user. Revoke it in DEV Settings if it leaks, then reconnect the channel in RedPanda.

Note

RedPanda stores the API key on the server in encrypted form (see How RedPanda stores the API key).

Create an API key

Open DEV Settings → Extensions

Sign in to Dev.to and open Settings → Extensions.

Generate a key

Create an API key. Copy it once — RedPanda keeps it on the server for publishing after you paste it (see How RedPanda stores the API key).

Connect in RedPanda

In the workspace, choose Add Channel → Dev.to, paste the key, and connect. RedPanda calls the DEV current-user endpoint to confirm the key, then saves the channel.

To refresh an existing channel, open the same credentials form (do not expect a platform OAuth redirect).

Compose settings

The post body is markdown. Title, tags, cover, organization, series, and canonical URL live in Dev.to settings (composer or CLI).

Setting	Keys
Title	title or devto.title (required, min 2 characters)
Tags	tags — up to 4 names; strings or value/label objects
Cover	main_image / mainImage with a path from a prior upload
Canonical URL	canonical (aliases canonical_url, canonicalUrl)
Organization	organization (id; aliases organization_id, organizationId)
Series	series or devto.series — free-text name; creates the series on Dev.to if missing

Discover the typed schema with openquok integrations:settings. List tag and organization options with openquok integrations:trigger tags and organizations.

Features

Supported

Feature	Details
Connect	Personal API key from DEV Settings → Extensions
Article body	Markdown in the post editor (no separate markdown editor)
Title	Required; at least 2 characters
Tags	Up to 4 names
Cover image	Optional; recommended 1000×420
Organization	Optional; publish under an organization the key can access
Series	Optional free-text name; Dev.to creates the series if missing
Canonical URL	Optional syndication URL
Analytics	Account and per-article page views, reactions, and comments (7 / 30 / 90 days)
Tools	tags and organizations via integrations:trigger
Body length	Up to 100,000 characters

Tip

CLI walkthroughs: CLI Examples — Dev.to.

Not supported

Feature	Notes
Operator OAuth app	No RedPanda env keys; users paste their own API key
Public OAuth connect	Dashboard only
Follow-up comments	Not implemented

How RedPanda stores the API key

Workers need a reversible API key on the server to call DEV at publish time (a hash is not enough).

Layer	What happens
Browser	Paste once in Add Channel — not kept in `localStorage`
APIs	Connect and list responses omit token fields
Database	AES-GCM on the channel when INTEGRATIONS_TOKEN_ENCRYPTION_KEY or SECURITY_SECRET is set