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Permissions

CubeStack provides granular control over who can access your data and what they can do with it.

Access Levels

Public Access

When enabled on a cube, anyone can read records without authentication. Only columns marked as Public are returned.

API Key Access

API keys grant full read and write access to all columns in a project. Use API keys for server-to-server communication.

Column-Level Permissions

Each column has a Public toggle that controls whether it appears in unauthenticated API responses. This lets you expose only the data you want to be public.

Best Practices

  • Never expose API keys in client-side code
  • Use public access for read-only frontend consumption
  • Keep sensitive columns (emails, internal IDs) private
  • Rotate API keys periodically