moby games API key

[Robby Stephenson]

I'm not at a palace that I can check the Tellico behavior right now. I'll
see what's going on as soon as I can.

Robby

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 4:19 PM <list-tellico at legroom.net> wrote:

> I've tired replacing ~/.config/tellicorc with a backup copy from my old
> computer.  Same behavior.  Tried doing the same with ~/.local/share/tellico
> - same behavior.  I don't have a backup of
> ~/.local/share/kxmlgui5/tellico/, but as far as I can tell that stores UI
> configuration properties.  Tried deleting that and re-running just for
> grins, but still get the same behavior.
>
> Despite everything I can think to try, including running an exact copy of
> the working ~/.config/tellicorc file from my previous computer, it's still
> telling me I need an API to use this resource.  I checked my mobygames
> account as well just to verify it hasn't been disabled or anything.  Still
> good as far as I can tell, and confirmed the API key is accurate.
>
> Would appreciate any suggestions.
>
>
> Jared
>
> On 12/27/22 18:05, Jared Breland wrote:
>
> how exactly do I configure tellico to access moby games?  I have an API
> key, and I successfully used tellico to query moby games previously for my
> entire collection.  However, I recently built a new computer, and having
> trouble getting it working now.
>
> I added my API key to the mobygames data source configuration page.  When
> trying to query for a game for the first time, tellico prompted me for a
> username and password.  The prompt came from api.mobygames.com and said
> something like "(no username)", so I just pasted the API key again as the
> password.  Now I'm told "You must have an API key to use this resource."
> every time I try to search.  I can't figure out how to make it re-prompt me
> for credentials either to see if I entered that correctly.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get out of this current state (force it to
> re-prompt for credentials), and what I *should* provide when prompted?
>
> --
> Jared
>
>
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