Title: API invalid
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# API invalid

 *  [bcherie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcherie/)
 * (@bcherie)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-invalid-1/)
 * When I went to update to the latest version of Etsy plugin. I lost the link to
   my esty shop on my website. When I try to regenerate a new Etsy APP it provides
   me a string of numbers and symbols but still reads invalid. How can I validate
   my API. Is there a waiting period?
 * Please help.
    Bridget [http://www.lorettaharper.com](http://www.lorettaharper.com)(
   notice the shop page now reads API error request. the Esty shop is misslorettaharper
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/etsy-shop/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/etsy-shop/)

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 *  Plugin Author [fsheedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fsheedy/)
 * (@fsheedy)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-invalid-1/#post-4282009)
 * Please copy/paste etsy debug mode text (enable the debug mode first).
 *  Thread Starter [bcherie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcherie/)
 * (@bcherie)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-invalid-1/#post-4282014)
 * Hi, I enable debug mode first and it still will not allow me to have a valid 
   API. Any other ideas?
 *  Plugin Author [fsheedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fsheedy/)
 * (@fsheedy)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-invalid-1/#post-4282015)
 * Scrrenshot of that?
 *  [Celestialpetals](https://wordpress.org/support/users/celestialpetals/)
 * (@celestialpetals)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-invalid-1/#post-4282105)
 * [etsy-include=your-etsy-shop-name;your-etsy-shop-setion-id]
    I am interpreting
   this to be [myshopname;?] I am placing my etsy shop name first. The second part
   I don’t know what I am to put there. Please tell me, and tell me where to find
   it.
 *  Plugin Author [fsheedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fsheedy/)
 * (@fsheedy)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-invalid-1/#post-4282128)
 * Hi Celestialpetals,
 * Sorry for the delay of the response…
 * You should add this: [etsy-include=myshopname;?]
 * For the ? (Etsy section id), see this tutorial: [http://fsheedy.wordpress.com/etsy-shop-plugin/how-to-find-section-id/](http://fsheedy.wordpress.com/etsy-shop-plugin/how-to-find-section-id/)

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 * Last reply from: [fsheedy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fsheedy/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-invalid-1/#post-4282128)
 * Status: not resolved