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3:19 pm
July 16, 2014
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I'm interested in writing a generic / reusable plugin for Thingspeak. But all the examples I've seen are hard coded to call the API with a specific channel ID (and API_KEY if required) to get the feed data. Is there a way for the plugin to get the "current" channel who's page it's installed on?
4:05 pm
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March 14, 2011
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Hi,
I just wrote a simple plugin that should allow you to get the channel ID depending on the channel page it exists on: https://thingspeak.com/plugins/4482 . Just view-source, and you should see the JavaScript code that should help you out.
lee
2:23 pm
July 16, 2014
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Makes sense, thanks. Any thoughts on private channels that would require an API key?
2:33 pm
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March 14, 2011
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It's a little more complicated, but you could extract the API keys from a JSON list of your channels. Please see "List My Channels" under the documentation here: https://thingspeak.com/docs/channels#index .
lee
7:36 am
August 20, 2018
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This is indeed possible by using that channel API call, although it only works for the plugins when the are embedded in the channel page (iframe). When you detach the plugin to display it into a separate window/tab, it doesn't have any reference to the channel anymore, so you'd need a fallback channel + api key. Here's an example.
You can get your User API key from Account > Profile (https://thingspeak.com/account/profile).
code here: https://pastebin.com/ikSCch3k
(couldn't find any way to post code to this forum without losing formatting)
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