Gravatar XML-RPC authentication

[JonBunator]

I tried the sample code in the docs with my credentials:

from libgravatar import GravatarXMLRPC
g = GravatarXMLRPC('user@domain', apikey='1234')
g.test() # test the API

But unfortunally I always get a bad authentication error: Server error: Invalid Email, or Hash, or Access Denied (error code: -9)
The apikey is available at https://apikey.wordpress.com/ right?
If anyone has any idea what the problem could be I would really appreciate it :)

[pabluk]

Hi @JonBunator,

I've just gave a try to this, that page https://apikey.wordpress.com/ gives you the good API key, but it also shows the username and you need instead to pass to the function the email address associated to your account.

This was my test (I replaced my API key and user info):

from libgravatar import GravatarXMLRPC
g = GravatarXMLRPC('username', apikey='1234') # as showed at https://apikey.wordpress.com/
g.test()
Server error: Invalid Email, or Hash, or Access Denied (error code: -9)

and using the API key and an email address:

from libgravatar import GravatarXMLRPC
g = GravatarXMLRPC('user@example.com', apikey='1234') # my email address and
                                                      # only the API key from https://apikey.wordpress.com/
g.test()
{'response': 1617224812}

Let me know if that fix your issue in order to update the documentation, and thanks for reporting it.

[JonBunator]

Thanks for the quick response! I have already used the associated email. Still not working :/ But thank you for trying it out. It has to be some issue with my account then.

[pabluk]

No problem @JonBunator, I'll update the documentation to clarify that point and the information provided at https://apikey.wordpress.com/. Thank you for your help.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

@JonBunator, if I pass the credentials as strings, it authenticates, but not if I pass them via variables. Perhaps that's your issue too?

[JonBunator]

@RokeJulianLockhart I don't know, since I don't need it anymore. But thanks for the response