# How to proxy OpenAI image generation on Webflow Cloud without exposing your API key

DevFeed: [How to proxy OpenAI image generation on Webflow Cloud without exposing your API key](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-proxy-openai-image-generation-on-webflow-cloud-without-exposing-your-api-key-9174.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/ai-image-generator-webflow-cloud>)

Author: Ismail Ajagbe

Published: 2026-08-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Webflow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/webflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [API keys](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api-keys.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>), [webflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webflow.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Cloudflare Workers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloudflare-workers.md>), [Workers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/workers.md>), [Next.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/next-js.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [cloudflare-workers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare-workers.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [generate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generate.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [guides](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guides.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [images](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/images.md>), [next-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-js.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>), [webflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webflow.md>)

## AI overview

This guide explains how to build and deploy an AI image generator on Webflow Cloud using OpenAI. It uses a Next.js Route Handler on Cloudflare Workers as a server-side proxy so the OpenAI API key remains private while the browser submits prompts and receives generated images.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to build an AI image generator on Webflow Cloud using OpenAI.