Secrets

bill_controller.rb

class BillsController < ApplicationController
  
  LEGISCAN_URL = 'https://api.legiscan.com/?key='
  LEGISCAN_STATE_SEARCH = 'op=getMasterList&state='
  LEGISCAN_STATE_API_CALL = LEGISCAN_URL + LEGISCAN_API_KEY + LEGISCAN_STATE_SEARCH

  def show
    //ERROR RETUNS NIL ON IMPLICIT STRING CONVERSION FOR API KEY ABOVE
    @bill_api = JSON.parse(HTTParty.get('https://api.legiscan.com/?key=77f939393jfjfdcb&op=getBill&id=' + params[:id]).body)
  end 
end

development.rb

Rails.application.configure do
  # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb.
  # In the development environment your application's code is reloaded on
  # every request. This slows down response time but is perfect for development
  # since you don't have to restart the web server when you make code changes.
  config.cache_classes = false

  # Do not eager load code on boot.
  config.eager_load = false

  # Show full error reports and disable caching.
  config.consider_all_requests_local       = true
  config.action_controller.perform_caching = false

  # Don't care if the mailer can't send.
  config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = false

  # Print deprecation notices to the Rails logger.
  config.active_support.deprecation = :log

  # Raise an error on page load if there are pending migrations.
  config.active_record.migration_error = :page_load

  # Debug mode disables concatenation and preprocessing of assets.
  # This option may cause significant delays in view rendering with a large
  # number of complex assets.
  config.assets.debug = true

  # Asset digests allow you to set far-future HTTP expiration dates on all assets,
  # yet still be able to expire them through the digest params.
  config.assets.digest = true

  # Adds additional error checking when serving assets at runtime.
  # Checks for improperly declared sprockets dependencies.
  # Raises helpful error messages.
  config.assets.raise_runtime_errors = true

  # Raises error for missing translations
  # config.action_view.raise_on_missing_translations = true
end

environment.rb

# Load the Rails application.
require File.expand_path('../application', __FILE__)

# Initialize the Rails application.
Rails.application.initialize!

LEGISCAN_API_KEY = Rails.application.secrets.LEGISCAN_API_KEY

secrets.yml

development:
  secret_key_base: blahblh

test:
  secret_key_base: blahblah

# Do not keep production secrets in the repository,
# instead read values from the environment.
production:
  secret_key_base: <%= ENV["SECRET_KEY_BASE"] %>

  LEGISCAN_API_KEY: "12343778538748734"