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iOS

Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker
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Posted by Jamie Baker
Jamie Baker
5,703 Points

Do you always need to declare an API key?

Hi, just mimicking the weather data app but trying to create it using a different API called OpenWeatherMap. I am actually getting data back in my console similar to the data Pasan got back. I called:

private let APIKey = "79d5ab442367e9bec588b0cb0796605b"

viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad()

let baseURL = NSURL(string: "http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/forecast/city?id=") let forecastURL = NSURL(string: "524901", relativeToURL: baseURL)

}

However, I get data back irrespective of declaring the API key that was given to me upon signing up at OpenWeatherMap.com. Just wondering why this is, and whether therefore the API key is always necessary? Thanks a lot.