API-key not found after registration

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Today I signed up for a new api-key. Registration worked all fine (I can login now) but I cannot find a key anywhere on the site. An email with the requested key is also not received.
So after logging in, where do I find my api-key? Thank you in advance, Raymond.
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Posted 7 years ago

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7 years ago
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I just signed up today and have the same problem. Once one has signed up for a developer key, how is one supposed to discover what it is?
2013-04-30T19:45:51+00:00
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John, hi.

Had email-contact with someone from Wunderground. It seems that, when singing up (by filling in the form) you only create a new account. After that you again have to choose the desired plan (after login in of course) and then you do get fowarded to a page with a key.

Good luck,

Raymond.
(from the Netherlands).
2014-07-15T19:22:06+00:00
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Hi,
I suppose this problem still exists. However I followed Raymond's suggestion and I now have an API key.
Thanks,Chuck
2014-09-14T15:08:47+00:00
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Still the same now. But thanks Raymond for supplying your answer
2014-09-15T15:37:46+00:00
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Hi, 

I checked, and you do have a key.  You can see it here
http://www.wunderground.com/weather/api/
you must be signed in to the wunderground site to see this
7 years ago
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EastNed

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To anybody reading my first post. See my comment on John's post for the solution.
7 years ago
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It turned out that the page (Profile Information) which had a way to register your application and which returned an application key was not for the WU API but rather for get satisfaction (I assume). Once I went through the purchase procedure again I got a valid key.

The sign up procedure here is gruesome, but once navigated the API seems to be easy enough to use.
7 years ago
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even trying several times after logging in and choosing a different option each time, I am not receiving a key anywhere. Upon signing up, i'm returned to the API home page :( Am I missing something?
7 years ago
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There was a bug on the sign up page. Try again, and if it doesn't work, get in touch with tech support: http://help.wunderground.com/
6 years ago
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hmm.. i've been around the loop a few times now... got an account, verified, etc.
I don't even see the Weather API navigation with the 'key settings' item until I click 'Forums'.

'Key settings' takes me to the create new or regenerate key page (with plans below), but a new key is not created, cant' regenerate, and the 'Purchase Plan buttons don't work with (any plan) + developer selected :(

OSX, Chrome
6 years ago
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Could you write to help@wunderground.com with the email that you used to register an account?

We may need account details, so it's best to resolve this outside of a public forum.

Thanks!
5 years ago
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I just ran into this issue as well. I didn't have a previous wunderground account. I went through the entire API key registration process and created an account inline as the last step of filling out all the forms.

Once logged in, the API key was nowhere to be seen. Going through the entire API key registration process again was successful the second time and now my API key shows up OK.
5 years ago
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If you sign up for an account at the same time as a key, sometimes the system will make the account but won’t generate the key.

It's an annoying bug, and we'll fix it.
5 years ago
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Not fixed yet - what a POS
5 years ago
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Agreed -- it's ridiculous that it's so hard to get the key.

You should be ashamed of yourselves...
2014-10-15T22:46:24+00:00
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Hi steve, 

I'm not aware of any bugs in the signup process at this time.  Could you shoot me an e-mail and help describe the steps so we can ensure that the process runs smoothly?  

thanks
tim
2014-10-16T11:34:51+00:00
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I don't know your email address, so I'll put it here:

- I "purchased" a dev key and the site seemed to accept my inputs.
- But, I didn't receive any emails and my key was never shown to me. And, I couldn't figure out how to get the key on the site.
- So, I created an account and clicked the subsequent email's activation link, which seemed to succeed
- Again, I didn't receive any emails and my key is not displayed anywhere on the site; at least -- like the users above -- not that I can find...

FWIW, I usually have no issues navigating cumbersome API registration processes (e.g., Google's and Salesforce's).
5 years ago
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I have the same problem. I registered for an account but did not receive the free API KEY
5 years ago
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pigscantfly

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Same problem here
5 years ago
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Rambo7201

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I have also problems.
5 years ago
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Hi All,

I believe this is a UI bug, as there are actually 2 registration processes to go through.  Please click the verification link from your e-mail and read the red print on that page carefully.  You will need to login, then continue on to sign up for an API key
5 years ago
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Rambo7201

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I deleted this mail.

What must i do now?
5 years ago
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tmg1961

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where can i find my key? Not showing anywere.
5 years ago
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Waregem

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Same problem (Belgium)
5 years ago
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Rambo7201

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You must buy a key.

Than you have it.
You have not to pay for it.
5 years ago
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plauge

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Is this a joke?

I've done all and there is still no key?

Where can I find it?
5 years ago
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plauge

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I do not get it. On this page I can recreate a key - but I still get no key???

http://www.wunderground.com/weather/a...
5 years ago
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plauge

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I give up! Bye...
5 years ago
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man, some people on this thread are super complainers. if there's a bug in software, be constructive and help get it fixed instead of acting like an entitled brat.

no /u/plauge, the registration experience is not a "joke", it just has a bug for some users.

real helpful, /u/Snapprewards by calling it a POS. that comment will surely get the bug fixed.

a lot of software users that run into a bug act like the developers are incompetent morons...do you complaining users always write perfect bug free code that works on all scenarios/platforms/users with zero issues in production? if so, please send me your resume...otherwise STFU

From my response earlier in this thread, this could help folks out, basically register for an API key a second time and hopefully that works:
"I just ran into this issue as well. I didn't have a previous wunderground account. I went through the entire API key registration process and created an account inline as the last step of filling out all the forms.

Once logged in, the API key was nowhere to be seen. Going through the entire API key registration process again was successful the second time and now my API key shows up OK."
5 years ago
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plauge

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This bug is "one year old". How hard can it be to fix it? :-)
5 years ago
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I can only assume that we, the affected, are so small a minority of the developers who register. And, Wund's maintenance team is so busy with other work (go figure?) that they can't be bothered to fix the bug for us.

Either that, or they're incompetent -- this isn't rocket science, after all. I know because for decades I've been designing, building, maintaining and *supporting* software systems that are orders of magnitude more complex than register/keygen/auth.

In case you missed it, the only reply in this thread from an "Official Rep" was 25 days ago (after I wrote they should be ashamed of themselves). He asked me to PM him, but didn't give me his email address. Fail #2 (ignoring us was Fail #1). But, their forum software either doesn't support PM, or is configured to not do so. Fail #3. So, I replied to his question the next day. But, there has been no further response from any "Official Rep" -- 25 days and counting! Fail #4.

But, along come the troglodytes, because Wund doesn't moderate this forum. Fail #5.

I gave up on Wund, since I'm satisfied with the many other weather providers. I was still following the thread, out of curiosity to see if Wund ever decided to fix the issue. But, I'm tired of counting their failures. So, good bye and good luck!
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