https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/silly-question-right-place-to-generate-api-key-for/m-p/1684147#M5089 <P>A couple things to check:</P><UL><LI>Make sure you create the key on your AGOL account.&nbsp; If you create an API key in your Enterprise portal, AGOL will not be able to see it, and vice versa.</LI><LI>Make sure you have permissions for the operations performed in your script assigned to the key.</LI></UL><P>I also find the usage statistics on my API keys a little odd, sometimes seeming not to register usage, although the scripts I use definitely exercise the keys.</P> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:46:30 GMT ErikRose 2026-02-12T20:46:30Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/silly-question-right-place-to-generate-api-key-for/m-p/1684140#M5088 <P>I'm sorry to ask such a simple question, but the system seems to fluctuate between liking me and not liking me.</P><P>I logged in as a developer, went to my dashboard, and generated a new API Key. I had this working for a bit, but then made some minor changes in code, returned, and am now getting an error 498. I verified an expiration date of a year from now, and the system even doesn't show the key being used at all, which I know to be incorrect.</P><P>I regenerated the key, replaced it, but it's still failing the same way.</P><P>One thought I had when reading about is that perhaps the key generation is not valid with the endpoint I'm using:</P><P><A href="https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer/getSamples" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://elevation3d.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/WorldElevation3D/Terrain3D/ImageServer/getSamples</A></P><P>It's just a thought. I'm new to ESRI, and I'm surprised I cannot see any utilization when I know I was making several calls successfully earlier. At this point, the location services API key being invalid for this endpoint is a guess, but it might also explain why I see no traffic.</P><P>I'm not new to programming, not new to REST, not new to so many things, but ESRI seems to be easy - once you know the secret. I'm secret poor right now....</P><P>Thanks in advance.</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:26:16 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/silly-question-right-place-to-generate-api-key-for/m-p/1684140#M5088 JohnJames9 2026-02-12T20:26:16Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/silly-question-right-place-to-generate-api-key-for/m-p/1684147#M5089 <P>A couple things to check:</P><UL><LI>Make sure you create the key on your AGOL account.&nbsp; If you create an API key in your Enterprise portal, AGOL will not be able to see it, and vice versa.</LI><LI>Make sure you have permissions for the operations performed in your script assigned to the key.</LI></UL><P>I also find the usage statistics on my API keys a little odd, sometimes seeming not to register usage, although the scripts I use definitely exercise the keys.</P> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:46:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-rest-apis-and-services-questions/silly-question-right-place-to-generate-api-key-for/m-p/1684147#M5089 ErikRose 2026-02-12T20:46:30Z