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var urlApiKey = 'https://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/';

var API_FILENAME = '.ecmwfapirc';

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	getApiInfo(function(apiInfo){
		AJS.$('#apiKey').append('<h4>  1. (Recommended) Save your API key credentials into a file</h4>' + apiInfo.apiKey + '<br \>');
		AJS.$('#envVars').append(typeof apiInfo.envVars=='undefined' ? '' : '  2. Environment variables' + apiInfo.envVars + '<br \>');
		AJS.$('#objServer').append(typeof apiInfo.objServer=='undefined' ? '' : '  3. Include this information in your Python script when creating the ECMWFDataServer/ECMWFService Object' + apiInfo.objServer);
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	}).done(function(json){
		obj({
			'apiKey':'<p>Copy / paste the text below into a blank text file and save it to your $HOME directory as <b>' + API_FILENAME + '</b> (If you use Windows, you have to put the file in C:\\Users\\&lt;USERNAME&gt;\\.ecmwfapirc ; see <a href="https://gist.github.com/ozh/4131243">how to create a file with a leading dot</a>.)</p><pre><code>' + JSON.stringify(json, null, '  ') + '</code></pre>',
			'envVars':'<p>Set these environment variables before executing the Python script:</p><pre><code>export ECMWF_API_URL="' + json.url + '"\nexport ECMWF_API_KEY="' + json.key + '"\nexport ECMWF_API_EMAIL="' + json.email + '"</code></pre>',
			'objServer':'<pre><code>server = ECMWFDataServer(url="' + json.url + '",key="' + json.key + '",email="' + json.email + '")\n#or\nserver = ECMWFService("mars", url="' + json.url + '",key="' + json.key + '",email="' + json.email + '")</code></pre>'
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		console.error('Request failed: ' + textStatus);
		obj({
			'apiKey':'<p style="color:red"><b>Your API key information is not available.</b></p><ul><li>If you are not logged in, please log in to <a href="https://www.ecmwf.int">www.ecmwf.int</a> first.</li><li>If you are logged in, please <a href="https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/contact-us">let our Service Desk know</a> that ' + window.location.href + ' is not working as expected. Please provide us with your username and screenshots or error messages if possible so that we can investigate and fix the problem.</li></ul><p>We apologise for any inconvenience.</p>'
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