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auser · Apr-20-2012, 05:14 PM #1

This is my first time trying to use the API.

I login with https://api.smugmug.com/services/api/rest/1.2.2/?method=smugmug.login.withPassword&APIKey=...&Emai lAddress=...&Password=...

and get a response with stat="ok" and a session id.

Then I try: https://api.smugmug.com/services/api/rest/1.2.2/?SessionID=...&method=smugmug.categories.get

and I get <rsp stat="fail"><method>smugmug.categories.get</method><err code="18" msg="invalid API key"/></rsp>

I tried a few different methods, always with the same result. What's wrong?

auser · Apr-21-2012, 02:02 PM #2

I got it to work. I used wget with "--save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies" for the login.withPassword, and "--load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt" on the subsequent categories.get. Is the requirement of having cookies enabled documented anywhere?

olegos · May-10-2012, 12:29 PM #3

Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. I was trying to use the API from perl, and was running into this error too. Your posts helped me along.

This is all I needed to do in perl to enable cookies:

Code:

use HTTP::Cookies;

my $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies->new(
    file => "sm_cookies.dat",
    autosave => 1,
  );

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
$ua->cookie_jar($cookie_jar);


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Apr-20-2012, 05:14 PM #1
auser ^OP Beginner grinner Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2	"invalid API key" on rest api calls This is my first time trying to use the API. I login with https://api.smugmug.com/services/api/rest/1.2.2/?method=smugmug.login.withPassword&APIKey=...&Emai lAddress=...&Password=... and get a response with stat="ok" and a session id. Then I try: https://api.smugmug.com/services/api/rest/1.2.2/?SessionID=...&method=smugmug.categories.get and I get <rsp stat="fail"><method>smugmug.categories.get</method><err code="18" msg="invalid API key"/></rsp> I tried a few different methods, always with the same result. What's wrong?

Apr-21-2012, 02:02 PM #2
auser ^OP Beginner grinner Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2	I got it to work. I used wget with "--save-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt --keep-session-cookies" for the login.withPassword, and "--load-cookies /tmp/cookies.txt" on the subsequent categories.get. Is the requirement of having cookies enabled documented anywhere?

May-10-2012, 12:29 PM #3
olegos Big grins Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 87	Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. I was trying to use the API from perl, and was running into this error too. Your posts helped me along. This is all I needed to do in perl to enable cookies: Code: use HTTP::Cookies; my $cookie_jar = HTTP::Cookies->new( file => "sm_cookies.dat", autosave => 1, ); my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new; $ua->cookie_jar($cookie_jar);


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