Title: API key question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# API key question

 *  [jazzguitar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jazzguitar/)
 * (@jazzguitar)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-question/)
 * Hi there,
    Is the API number used for the akismet plugin the same as the API 
   number needed for Googleanalytics?
 * I have sourced **two **API numbers, one from WordPress.com’s confirmation email
   of the account being set up, (which i was prompted to do) and also an API from
   within the Googleanalytics site. They are different. And warning bells are ringing.
 * My site is a wordpress.org type. Is the wordpress.com’s API the same for .org
   sites?
 * TIA

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 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-question/#post-776137)
 * why not follow the instructions that akismet gives you and trust that it’s telling
   you how to get it working, rather than trying to pull a fast one.
 * ask yourself also whether akismet has anything whatsoever to do with google’s
   analytics, or whether the association with wordpress (and the fact that it *comes*
   preloaded with wordpress) means anything.
 * I had a line about the warning bells, but I’m not going to use it because people
   don’t often take my rudeness with good humour 😛
 *  Thread Starter [jazzguitar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jazzguitar/)
 * (@jazzguitar)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-question/#post-776139)
 * Trying to pull a fast one?
 * I pulled no “fast one”..what ever that implies.
 * I sourced 2 API numbers, by following both sets of instructions, and they were
   different. I was merely asking for clarification, though ive found my answer 
   in that both plugins are working. Though Google took its full 24 hours to show
   results. Hence the reason to question if i had made a mistake.
 * So API numbers are not specific to a site like a url. The differ between plugins.
   That is the answer!
 *  [ivovic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ivovic/)
 * (@ivovic)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/api-key-question/#post-776140)
 * that sentence has everything to do with akismet, and nothing to do with you… 
   reading comprehension isn’t a strong point I see.
 * What I was getting at quite simply, was your desire to question the documentation
   due to what exactly? Paranoia?
 * lets go through this step by step, just because I want to.
 * 1) You want to use an online service like Akismet.
    2) that service requires 
   you to use an “API Key” in order to access the online service 3) it makes it 
   abundantly clear how to get a key from the site(s) responsible for providing 
   that online service. 4) you get the key and put it where it tells you to put 
   it 5) everything works and you get a shiny green yeehaw sign.
 * then:
 * 1) you want to use an online service like google analytics
    2) that service requires
   you to use an “API Key” in order to access the online service 3) it makes it 
   abundantly clear how to get a key from the site(s) responsible for providing 
   that online service. 4) you decide that must not be right, because what would
   they know about getting API keys? You’ve already got an API Key for akismet, 
   so it’s google’s fault that they don’t interact with wordpress and share that
   information. 5) You get one anyway and put it where google tells you to put it
   6) analytics tells you that it’s gathering results and will make them available
   to you in 24 hours. 7) you don’t believe google, instead thinking that the 24
   hours MUST be an overestimate, therefore you were completely right back in step
   4, and everyone must be wrong, except you. 8) despite everything going exactly
   as instructed, and getting nothing but success messages, you decide to come here
   and question the process because clearly there’s something wrong.
 * … just wanted to be straight on all that.
 * I’m really curious what you think they’ll gain by giving you incorrect instructions.

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