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Update details around the API key (home-assistant#2017)
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The `thingspeak` components makes Home Assistant communicate with the [ThingSpeak API](https://thingspeak.com/).
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For now, it records exactly one entity at once, which is great for testing purposes. For long-time storage you should rely
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on the [InfluxDB component](https://home-assistant.io/components/influxdb/).
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For now, it records exactly one entity at once, which is great for testing purposes. For long-time storage you should rely on the [InfluxDB component](https://home-assistant.io/components/influxdb/).
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You will have to create a [new channel](https://thingspeak.com/channels/new) on ThingSpeak and grab your API key from your [account page](https://thingspeak.com/account).
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You will have to create a [new channel](https://thingspeak.com/channels/new) on ThingSpeak and grab your Write API Key from the "API Keys" tab of the channel you want to use.
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To setup the ThinkSpeak component in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
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Configuration variables:
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- **api_key** (*Required*): Yout ThingSpeak API key.
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- **api_key** (*Required*): Your ThingSpeak Channel Write API key.
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- **id** (*Required*): The ID of your desired ThingSpeak channel.
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- **whitelist** (*Required*): The name of the entity whose states should be sent to the channel.
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