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RE: [EP-tech] Altmetric plugin - API key soon to be made mandatory

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Hi All,

I’ve just released v2.0.0 of the Altmetric plugin

Ingredient: https://github.com/eprintsug/altmetric/tree/3_4

EPM: http://bazaar.eprints.org/1300/

 

See details here: https://github.com/eprintsug/altmetric/blob/main/README.md - especially the ‘Upgrading to v2.0.0 section’.

 

The older version will stop displaying badges soon if you don’t have an API key.

After installing the new version, you may need to regenerate abstract pages.

If you have added language-specific labels for the different metrics, these are now supported by a phrase file, rather than in the css. Non-english phrase files could be included in future releases by default.

 

Any questions or problems with the plugin, please ask here.

 

Cheers,

John

John Salter

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-8266

 

White Rose Libraries Technical Officer
Library and Research Management team, IT
University of Leeds

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Subject: [EP-tech] Altmetric plugin - API key soon to be made mandatory

 

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Hi,
I’ve been contacted by the Altmetric team, as there will soon (10th November) be a change to their API, to require an API key.

 

If you use the Altmetric plugin, and haven’t already configured an API key, you will need to either:

  • register for an API key and add it to your configuration
  • change to using the embedded version of the badges.

 

I’ve put some details here: https://wiki.eprints.org/w/Altmetric_badges

 

Altmetric ran a test of this change this morning, and I checked a few repositories. If there isn’t an API key configured, an error message is displayed, although this doesn’t indicate that it’s an API key issue.

 

A new version of the plugin will be released (which also has other changes in it to improve accessibility and internationalisation).

This will use the existing API-based display if a key has been configured, and fall back to the embedded version if not.

 

This will be advertised here when released.

 

Cheers,

John

 

John Salter

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8611-8266

 

White Rose Libraries Technical Officer
Library and Research Management team, IT
University of Leeds