Adding API Key from Big Commerce Store - bigcommerce

I am trying to add an api key from my bigcommerce store to my developer account. I go in and add a user that has access to api, and this generates a key, and I click save. I then registered as developer at developer.bigcommerce.com and tried to add the key, but it gave me an invalid credentials message. What am I doing wrong?

I tried recreating this and it seems to be working fine. Did you make sure you added the store url too for the new api key.
Look at the attached screenshot.

Assuming you've inputed the user name and key correctly, you also want to be sure the store url matches the API URL given when you created the new user BUT without the /api/v2 at the end.
So if your API URL happened to be https://store-bwvr466.mybigcommerce.com/api/v2
Just input https://store-bwvr466.mybigcommerce.com for the store url

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Is getting another user's ID token possible?

I'm working on a web app where all users sign in using their Google account, using Google's OAuth2 API. I'm using ScribeJava to take care of the OAuth details.
I'm currently using the "sub" field of the user's ID token as their primary key in my database. When a new user logs in for the first time, their "sub" is stored for future logins.
I'm looking for a way for an administrator to add a user before they first log in - however, since I don't have the new user's "sub", I can't just add them to the database. Is there a way to use Google's API to look up another user's ID token (or at least the "sub" field) using their email address? Is there a better primary key that makes this easier?
Let me start by saying using the Sub id is probably a really good idea. However there is no way for you to get a users sub id from their email address. That information just isn't available until a user logs in as its part of the authentication Open Id connect claims.
Sorry but what you want to do isnt possible.

Location of 'client_iden' parameter for Pushbullet client

I'm trying to use the 'client_iden' target parameter to send pushes to multiple users at once. I've successfully created the client, but I'm unable to find the 'client_iden' parameter on the client creation page.
Does anyone know where this parameter can be found?
Sorry about that! I think that used to be there but we must have accidentally removed it. You should create a Push object with an access token for your Client. Then check the client_iden on that Push. Unfortunately that's probably the easiest way to find this information right now.
https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/devices
Username = your API key, password = blank
You can find all your device_idens in the returned json

OpenGraph API User Object Sometimes Returns Link that 404s

In my application I allow users to connect their Facebook accounts via oauth for the purpose of posting via our interface. We support both page accounts and regular accounts that simply manage pages.
We also inspect the result of the opengraph API call to get a valid URL to their profile, or page. The primary endpoint we use is https://graph.facebook.com/me (with oauth credentials). For some page-only accounts, the returned object has a 'link' value that, when entered into a web browser, 404s.
The bad URLs I have seen fall into two distinct cases:
The URL can be of the form 'www.facebook.com/{page_id}' which 404s on some pages, but not others.
The URL can be of the form 'www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={user_id}' which more often than not 404s.
The only URL format I have seen that works for all accounts is www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={page_id}. In the first case, we detect that the 'link' field isn't of the proper form (using profile.php?id=...), and construct a URL with the proper structure, and it works.
My next heuristic I'm considering adding is to see if the URL is of the proper form....but uses the {user_id} as the id argument to profile.php, and just construct the URL using the {page_id}. Obviously, this is getting ridiculous.
So, is there a good way to know if an account will give back a link that is invalid? Is this a bug in the API? What is the most reliable way to, given a User on the open graph API, to get a working link to their profile/page?
Using 'www.facebook.com/{page_id}' or 'www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={user_id}' will always work - they are both the same. The only reason you'll see a 404 is if the Page has been unpublished / deleted or if the user has deactivated their account.

Replace "via Graph API Explorer" label by my application name

I am quite new in Facebook application development. I was playing the all day with "how to post a message on the wall of a page?". I finally succeeded but each message got "via Graph API Explorer". I tried to find how to change it to my application name without success. I tried to see if I could force the value of application in the api command but it did not take it into account. Maybe I miss something :( If someone can help, that would be great!
I am still quite confused. Let me try to explain what I want to do: I would like to automatically publish on a page (as the page) some event that are defined on a website (in a kind of agenda). What I miss, I think, is how everything is working together on Facebook side:
1. the login process: as the application will run in a cron, this should not display a login dialog box.
2. the access token: application or page one?
3. the permissions: from my understanding, I need manage_pages (and publish_stream) but not clear how this should be set.
Thx for any clarification and maybe a clear example :o)
You need the user to authorise your own App using one of the Login flows and grant you one of the publishing Permissions -
If it says 'via Graph API Explorer' on the posts your app makes you're using the access token you retrieved when you were testing the API using the Graph API Explorer tool, not one produced by your own app
OK I think I have finally found the way to do it. I needed a page access code and not an application access code. The token must be generated outside the application as a long live one.
Get a code using:
https://www.facebook.com/dialog/oauth?client_id={app_id}&redirect_uri={my_url}&scope=manage_pages,publish_stream
app_id is your application ID
my_url is your application URL
scope is the permission you want to be granted
In the redirected URL, you will have a code parameter. Copy it.
Generate the user access code using:
https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?client_id={app_id}&redirect_uri={my_url}&client_secret={app_secret}&code={code}
app_secret is your application secret key
code is the code from step 1
You will get as output the user access token. This one is a short live one.
convert the short live to a long live user access token using:
https://graph.facebook.com/oauth/access_token?grant_type=fb_exchange_token&client_id={app_id}&client_secret={app_secret}&fb_exchange_token={short live access token}
Replace the "short live access token" by the one you got on step 2
You will get as output the infinite user access token.
Get the page access token (this one will be infinite access token as
the user access token is now an infinite access token too):
https://graph.facebook.com/me/accounts?access_token={infinite user access token}
Replace the "infinite user access token" with the value you got on step 3.
This command will list all the pages you administer. The output contains the page access token you need in field "access_token". You can so use this token in any API command in your application.
The best of the best is to do all those steps via a server side program (PHP for me) as the application secret key should remain "secret".

Flickr API: API key keeps getting invalid?

I’ve a Flickr which I’m using to upload pictures from my phone and all images are public. On my blog I want to retrieve all the images to show and for that I’ve first tried to create an application to get my API key. I’m using the Flickr API flickr.people.getPublicPhotos. This API service is said to not require authentication and putting it all together I end up with this call:
http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.people.getPublicPhotos&api_key=fc94274cd0335f3c171fe22c8490b7d9&user_id=5545356%40N04&extras=description%2Cdate_upload%2Cdate_taken%2Cowner_name%2Coriginal_format%2Ctags%2C+o_dims%2C+views%2C+media%2C+path_alias%2C+url_sq%2C+url_t%2C+url_s%2C+url_q%2C+url_m%2C+url_n%2C+url_z%2C+url_c%2C+url_l%2C+url_o&per_page=40&format=php_serial&api_sig=0c48e2b6b6d9a03521e5ca86a15cf471
The problem is that every around 10 hours I fails and returns the error message a:3:{s:4:"stat";s:4:"fail";s:4:"code";i:100;s:7:"message";s:31:"Invalid API Key (Key not found)";}
I tried to create the API call when logged in to Flickr and also with not logging in and in both cases I get the error message. It’s like the API key expires or stops working. Have a missed something on Flickr about the API key or what could cause this? It is really frustrating to renew the URL twice at day.
Thank you
Sincere
- Mestika
If I read the docs correctly, the &api_sig query string parameter is constructed using an authentication token, one that eventually expires. Remove that parameter (= do not sign your API request) and I think you'll be OK.
Mestika's comment seems correct. I was getting the same problem when using the API explorer. If you use your accounts API, or go in and create a new app, then use the API given for that, then the key doesn't change every few hours.
The url to request a key is:
http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply
I got the same problem.
This is how i solved it:
removed the auth_token and the api_sig parameters
replaced the api_key value with an app key
Hope this helps.
i met this issue before. with new api key, only accept https request.
Let's change your url to: https://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.people.getPublicPhotos&api_key.....
I am sure it will be work right know.
thanks