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  • 1.  Election Data & AP News API

    Posted 09-20-2024 12:38

    Is anyone using AP's API for election data for Xpression? I'm having problems with how AP has changed how the API works. You now have to do a "request header" and no longer have it all in the URL. 
    I'm using the RSS/http datalinq option and I have everything in the OAuth2 configuration working but when put the URL in settings to pull the race I need and view the browse I get nothing. But I can see it when I test it on the OAuth tab. 

    Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. 



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    Eric Rodriguez
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  • 2.  RE: Election Data & AP News API

    Posted 09-21-2024 14:42

    Hi Eric!

    Do you have the documentation they've provided you? The only things I can see from the AP website say that you need to include the 'x-api-key' header along with your API key, not necessarily using OAuth2. This can be done by going to the custom headers section in the RSS/HTTP Datalinq (should be 2nd tab), and adding a new pair. The key/name is x-api-key, and the value is your personal api key.



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    Zachary Fradette
    United States
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  • 3.  RE: Election Data & AP News API

    Posted 09-21-2024 17:30

    Hello Zachary
    I totally missed that section on the second tab. It works great and I'm seeing the data. Thank you again for the help. 



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    EricRodriguez
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