Configuration: API Keys

Configuration - API Keys

CloudBot uses APIs (or Application Programming Interfaces) to interact with various web services. Some of these APIs require special keys (API keys) to work. This wiki page will guide you through the process of obtaining API keys for all of the services CloudBot supports.

Table of Contents

• Bing
• TVDB

Instructions

Bing

Used by: bing.py

1. Go to this page and click "sign up".
2. Sign in with a Microsoft account and proceed with the signup process.
3. Browse to the My Account page and find the Primary Account Key.
4. Add this key to your bot config in the api_keys section of config.json under the heading bing_azure.

TVDB

Used by: tvdb.py

1. Create an account on the TVDB website.
2. Once you have created the account and logged in, go to the API registration page.
3. Fill in the form and click Retrieve API Key.
4. Your API key will be shown on the page. Add this key to your bot config in the api_keys section of config.json under the heading tvdb.