From 8d2df74ba6e1b1413acd26f81a73de265f85e1cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Samuel EF. Tinnerholm" <samuel.tinnerholm@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2026 20:24:26 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: limitless auth apiKey guard

Fixes #222
---
 core/src/exchanges/limitless/auth.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/src/exchanges/limitless/auth.ts b/core/src/exchanges/limitless/auth.ts
index 3bee4805..9fc63ae1 100644
--- a/core/src/exchanges/limitless/auth.ts
+++ b/core/src/exchanges/limitless/auth.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ export class LimitlessAuth {
     }
 
     getApiKey(): string {
-        return this.apiKey!;
+        if (!this.apiKey) {
+            throw new Error('[limitless] apiKey is required for authenticated requests');
+        }
+        return this.apiKey;
     }
 
     /**