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Overview

To authenticate with Adafruit IO, you need:
  1. Username — your Adafruit IO username.
  2. Adafruit IO Key — the key of your Adafruit IO account.
This guide will show you how to get them.

Prerequisites

  • An Adafruit account. Sign up for free if you don’t have one.

Step 1: Copy your username and Adafruit IO Key

  1. Sign in to Adafruit IO.
  2. Click the golden key icon in the top navigation bar, next to New Device.
Adafruit IO overview page with the golden key icon highlighted in the top navigation bar
  1. In the Your Adafruit IO Key pop-up, copy your Username and your Active Key.
Your Adafruit IO Key pop-up showing the Username and Active Key fields
Clicking Regenerate Key immediately invalidates your old key, so connections that use it stop working.

Step 2: Enter your credentials in the Connect UI

  1. Open the form where you need to authenticate with Adafruit IO.
  2. Enter your username in the Username field and your key in the Adafruit IO Key field.
  3. Submit the form, and you should be successfully authenticated.
Adafruit IO Connect UI form with the Username and Adafruit IO Key fields You are now connected to Adafruit IO.