Ecobee No Longer Allows API keys

[tek0011 (JS)]

Appears as if Ecobee has killed their API creation and is changing how things work.
Any recommendations on a replacement brand?

[Stephenn]

No need to abandon Ecobee yet. See this thread from 2 days ago.

Ecobee API not working?

Hey Everyone! I woke up this morning to Ecobee not responding within my Home Assistant. Reloading or rebooting did not fix it. Looking further, I get this error in Home Assistant: { “error”: “invalid_grant”, “error_description”: “The authorization grant, token or credentials are invalid, expired, revoked, do not match the redirection URI used in the authorization request, or was issued to another client.”, “error_uri”: “RFC 6749 - The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework” } Reviewing oth…

[tek0011 (JS)]

oooh thank you!!

[f00kie]

What I am confused about is why HA did not have an API key built into it?

For example, Hubitat I believe just has the API key set up on a dev’s account. They seem to have a wonderful ecobee suite (GitHub - SANdood/Ecobee-Suite: Ecobee Suite is for integrating Ecobee thermostats & sensors with the Hubitat home automation platform) available over there. I am tempted to buy a Hubitat as a result of this, just for ecobee.

Unfortunately the HomeKit Device implementation simply does not have all the options available beyond the basics off turning temperature up/down/off.