# Issues using API with long-established/working key

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-using-api-with-long-established-working-key/224856>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [April 20, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-using-api-with-long-established-working-key/224856 "2022-04-20T16:51:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![guildai](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/guildai/32/248544_2.png) [@guildai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/guildai)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-using-api-with-long-established-working-key/224856/3 "2022-04-20T18:53:13Z")

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Ack yes it was the username! I assumed the API key itself was associated with a user - wrong! I should have checked that 🙂

Thanks for the help!

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