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Where can I find my API key?
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Noden Vorpalstar
The Knights of Polaris
#1 - 2014-02-16 17:35:52 UTC
Not a new pilot, just a noob question. Where can I find my API? The link I followed from Evelopedia seems to no longer work.

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-02-16 17:37:46 UTC
https://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/

Log in and create the API key you need.

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Noden Vorpalstar
The Knights of Polaris
#3 - 2014-02-16 18:13:44 UTC
Thanks!

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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#4 - 2014-02-16 21:01:22 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
https://community.eveonline.com/support/api-key/

Log in and create the API key you need.

You can also go the long way:
Account Management -> Login -> Support -> API Key Management

For what it is worth:

How do I get an API key for evemon?
Quaggan Stomp
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-02-16 23:06:42 UTC
Pardon my ignorance, but what is an API key and what do I need it for ?
Thomas Builder
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2014-02-17 00:47:01 UTC
Quaggan Stomp wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but what is an API key and what do I need it for ?
An API key allows someone a read-only access to information about your account.

You can select what kind of information you want to share. With a "full" API key, someone gains access to pretty much all information that you have yourself. But it's read-only, so they cannot modify anything or make you do anything.

E.g. EVE-Mon will use the API key to know which skills you have already trained and which you are currently training. Also it'll know what your attributes are, in order to calculate how long it would take you to train some skills in the future.

And many corporations will ask for an API key in order to check your account for suspicious behavior, to make sure that you aren't a spy.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#7 - 2014-02-17 09:17:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Thomas Builder wrote:
Quaggan Stomp wrote:
Pardon my ignorance, but what is an API key and what do I need it for ?
An API key allows someone a read-only access to information about your account.

You can select what kind of information you want to share. With a "full" API key, someone gains access to pretty much all information that you have yourself. But it's read-only, so they cannot modify anything or make you do anything.

E.g. EVE-Mon will use the API key to know which skills you have already trained and which you are currently training. Also it'll know what your attributes are, in order to calculate how long it would take you to train some skills in the future.

And many corporations will ask for an API key in order to check your account for suspicious behavior, to make sure that you aren't a spy.

API keys are also commonly used for:
* Ship fitting tools like EFT and Pyfa
* Training planning tools like EVEmon or GTKevemon.
* Automated kill-mail reports on kill-boards.
* Sites like EVEboard.com (For example my character info.)
* Monitoring tools, like Aura for Android

Post of more links so I don't have to put them in.
https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/3rd_party_tools