Screenscraper error API closed for non-registered members

Clyde

@colombia20102018 I don't have a video for you, but I also don't think that one is necessary for the few steps in this matter.

As you already said, press F4 in Emulation Station.
Enter the command nano ~/.skyscraper/config.ini
You're now in the text editor "nano". Press Ctrl+End or use the cursor keys to get to the end of the file, and append the following lines. (Replace USER and PASSWORD with your own Screenscraper username and password, but keep them separated by a colon.)

[screenscraper]
userCreds="USER:PASSWORD"

Exit nano by pressing Ctrl+x, answer the save question with y, and press Enter to confirm the file name. You should be back in the command line after that.
[Optional] Enter the command tail ~/.skyscraper/config.ini to display the last 10 lines of the config file, and check if your changes were saved.
Exit the command line by either entering exit or pressing Ctrl+d. This should return you to Emulation Station automatically.

Now, Skyscraper should use your credentials to log into Screenscraper if you choose the latter as the scraping source.

Alternatively, if your Pi is connected to your LAN, you should be able to access it via Samba like it's described here. Skyscraper's config files should be accessible at the Samba network address \\retropie\configs\all\skyscraper, see here. You should be able to make the changes described in #2 this way, too.

mitu

@colombia20102018 said in Screenscraper error API closed for non-registered members:

hello, I am having a lot of issues understanding the information

Using Skyscraper in RetroPie is described in detail in the Docs. The advanced options menu will allow you to edit the configuration file and add your ScreenScraper credentials.

Colombia20102018

@clyde hello. Thank you for the steps. I followed them and checked that the user and password were saved. When I try the screen scraper it tells me invalid character F for all roms. When I try Skyscraper it tells me to sign up for an account. I did a reboot and tried again and still got the same messages. What else am i missing? Thanks

Colombia20102018

@mitu I read the docs one more time plus the troubleshooting section. I do not see the steps to enter the user and password anywhere. Where is this information? Thanks

mitu

@colombia20102018 said in Screenscraper error API closed for non-registered members:

Where is this information? Thanks

The advanced options menu will allow you to edit the configuration file and add your ScreenScraper credentials.

Colombia20102018

@mitu the advance configuration section does not explain how to do any of that. This might me intuitive for some people but not for me 😊
This is the message I am getting now:

mitu

@colombia20102018 said in Screenscraper error API closed for non-registered members:

the advance configuration section does not explain how to do any of that.

The advanced options section has an entry to edit your configuration:

When you select it, an editor is opened to edit the file and you can enter the user and password in the [screenscraper] section, as @Clyde explained to you.

This is the message I am getting now:

This means you didn't properly add your user and password and Skyscraper doesn't use your registered account to access ScreenScraper.

Colombia20102018

@mitu I checked both ways. The configuration file shows the correct user and password. I am assuming the user is the pseudo name and not my email address, correct? Maybe it takes some time for the system to sync?

mitu

@colombia20102018 said in Screenscraper error API closed for non-registered members:

The configuration file shows the correct user and password.

Post the configuration file, obscuring or removing the password.

I am assuming the user is the pseudo name and not my email address, correct? Maybe it takes some time for the system to sync?

I don't think there's any sync involved, if you're able to login to the site, your account is valid.

Colombia20102018

@mitu this is how it looks:
There is a : between user and password.
Thanks

mitu

@colombia20102018 said in Screenscraper error API closed for non-registered members:

There is a : between user and password.

Yeah, that's not what @Clyde indicated you to add. Add the information exactly as specified. Your configuration file has only comments (lines starting with #), that are ignored.

Colombia20102018

@mitu @clyde that’s the only place that says user or password. Where do I need to change it? This will be so easy with a video 😊

Colombia20102018

@mitu @Clyde ok I think I figured it out. I thought I was supposed to overwrite the user and password right on the script. I know zero about scripts. I think I go it right now. Thanks for your patience.

Clyde

@colombia20102018 Well, I never told you to overwrite anything, but to add said lines to the end of the config file. A video wouldn't help much more if you don't follow it exactly either, and you don't have to know anything about scripts just to add two lines at their end (besides that the config file isn't a script anyway).

Follow instructions exactly as given, lest you stand in your own way on the path to success.

This only as a friendly word of advice for the future – imagine the sentence in bold print shouted in an overacting, dramatic voice like in bad movies. 😉

I'm glad that it's working for you now. Have fun with RetroPie!