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posted by Tom NysSTAFFMOD on April 7, 2013 at 4:11 AM
Hi
When I look at the "External Applications" in my Account Settings, it lists MythTV as application, even though my application is called "Movie Collection". Any clue what causes this?
Thanks Tom.
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 8, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Hey Tom,
First off so you know what you're looking at, it's a list of sessions you've approved your account to use. Sessions are linked via the API key that is used and I see your API key is
7b1cb3fb4xxxxxxxx.Can you confirm the API key you're using is that API key? I'm just assuming some things here but based on the fact that:
I'm inclined to think you're not using the correct API key. Did you grab Myth's when you were waiting to get yours approved, for example?
Reply by Tom Nys
on April 9, 2013 at 2:18 PM
Hi Travis
Now that's embarrassing. I indeed seemed to have used a non-official API key while waiting for my key. I switched to the one listed in my account, and it works as expected. .
Sorry!
Tom.