IBM Bluemix Alchemy API key invalid

Question

I'm trying to run keyword extraction from Alchemy API and I don't understand why my API key is not valid. To be clear, I have read both these two answers on SO:

1. Where do I specify the AlchemyAPI key in Bluemix?
2. Where to get the Alchemyapi API key?

Even though I registered via Bluemix, I have also tried to check if my key is valid by using this URL:

http://access.alchemyapi.com/calls/info/GetAPIKeyInfo?apikey=my_api_key_here

Nothing.

Lastly, I have waited over 10 hours for the key to become validated and still nothing.

How do I get a valid API key???

I have tested my key with these two repos:

1. https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/python-sdk
   • https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/python-sdk/blob/master/examples/alchemy_language_v1.py
2. https://github.com/alchemyapi/alchemyapi_python

Additional Info: When viewing my credentials for the service in Bluemix, I get the following:

{
  "credentials": {
  "url": "https://gateway-a.watsonplatform.net/calls",
  "note": "It may take up to 5 minutes for this key to become active.",
  "apikey": "**********"
  }
}

I have tried changing the BASE_URL for the ENDPOINT in the Python SDK of Alchemy API and got the following error:

hostname 'gateway-a.watsonplatform.net' doesn't match either of 'access.alchemyapi.com', 'www.access.alchemyapi.com' Error in combined call: network-error

Answer 1

I seems like the problem was server-side and has been resolved now. It affected quite a lot of users, not just me.