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Enabling the Legacy API Key

The Legacy API Key acts as a unique identifier and a secret token for authentication, and will have a set of access rights for version 1 of the CacheFly API.

To obtain and enable the Legacy API Key for a given service, first navigate to the OPTIONS for that service (Configuration > Services > [SERVICE NAME] > OPTIONS in the left hand menu).

Click on OPTIONS to expand the menu, then click on Legacy API Key, or scroll down until you reach the Legacy API Key section.

To enable the Legacy API Key;

  • Click on the button/toggle labeled Disabled

  • A popup window is displayed asking you to confirm your choice

  • When you click on the red button Yes, the button/toggle will display Enabled and will also turn from gray to blue

  • The ASCII character string for the key will appear in the Current API Key field

You can copy the ASCII character string and paste it into API 1.0 calls for authentication and action.

You can also hide the ASCII character string by clicking on the Hide link, and reveal it again after hiding by clicking on the Reveal link.

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Disabling/Regenerating a Legacy API Key

To disable a Legacy API Key for a given service, navigate to OPTIONS for that service and to the Legacy API Key section.

  • Click on the button/toggle currently labeled Enabled, to the right of the section title.

  • A popup window is displayed asking you to confirm your choice.

  • When you click on the red button Yes, the button/toggle will display Disabled and will also turn from blue to gray.

To regenerate a Legacy API Key from an Enabled state, click on the Regenerate API Key button.

  • A popup window is displayed asking you to confirm your choice.

  • When you click on the red button Yes, the new (regenerated) combination of ASCII characters for the key will be displayed in the Current API Key field.

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