how does baidu map api works?

Question

I would like to understand how baidu maps api works ? is it like google maps api where api key can be publicly exposed but it will still work against a registered/whitelisted domain.

Can somebody point me to right documentation or help with above

Answer 1

Yes, It works with a publicly exposed api key, and work only against whitelisted domain.

to generate an API key, you can refer to this post!