api key not valid always

Hi l0c0luke,

Your web server needs to be able to speak outbound to api.benchmarkemail.com on SSL port 443. If your firewall is blocking this, then you would need to add a rule. Most web servers allow outgoing connections, but you may be in a more secure environment.

To diagnose your specific issue, I recommend putting a test PHP file in your web root and running it from the command line (php ./test.php) or a web browser to see what’s going on more specifically. The file can contain this sample test run of the listGet command with your API key:

<?php

// Settings
$service = 'https://api.benchmarkemail.com/1.0/';
$api_key = 'PUT-YOUR-API_KEY_HERE';
$timeout = 30;
ini_set( 'default_socket_timeout', $timeout );

// Load WP
require( 'wp-load.php' );
require( 'wp-includes/class-IXR.php' );

// Try Connection
$client = new IXR_Client( $service, false, 443, $timeout );
$args = array( 'listGet', $api_key, '', 1, 100, 'name', 'asc' );
call_user_func_array( array( $client, 'query' ), $args );

// Output
print_r( $client->getResponse() );

?>

This request suggests that we should have a feature that reports whether it can talk to Benchmark Email API server separately from the individual token authentications. We’ll work on that in an upcoming release.