What am I doing wrong? "Can't connect to ESP. Please make sure your YAML file contains an 'api:' line."

I keep getting this message when trying to add my ESPHome module into the Home Assistant: Can’t connect to ESP. Please make sure your YAML file contains an ‘api:’ line.

This is my YAML file:

esphome:
  name: esphome-web-a8b0d8
  friendly_name: Chicken Coop Door
  min_version: 2024.11.0
  name_add_mac_suffix: false

esp32:
  board: esp32dev
  framework:
    type: esp-idf

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:

# Allow Over-The-Air updates
ota:
  - platform: esphome

wifi:
  ssid: WiFiName
  password: WiFIPassword

captive_portal:

output:
  - platform: ledc
    id: motor_1_a
    pin: GPIO2 # Pin to IN1
  - platform: ledc
    id: motor_1_b
    pin: GPIO4 # Pin to IN2
  - platform: ledc
    pin: GPIO5 # Pin to EAN
    id: motor_enable
    frequency: 1000Hz

fan:
  - platform: hbridge
    id: Door_Motor
    name: "Door Motor"
    pin_a: motor_1_a
    pin_b: motor_1_b
    decay_mode: SLOW
    enable_pin: motor_enable
    speed_count: 100

button:
  - platform: template
    name: "Door Up"
    on_press:
      then:
        - fan.turn_on:
            id: Door_Motor
            direction: FORWARD
        - delay: 5s
        - fan.turn_off: Door_Motor
  - platform: template
    name: "Door Down"
    on_press:
      then:
        - fan.turn_on:
            id: Door_Motor
            direction: REVERSE
        - delay: 5s
        - fan.turn_off: Door_Motor

What am I doing wrong?

The esphome compiler ui shows logs. What do the logs show?

This is what it says:

INFO ESPHome 2024.12.4
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/esphome-web-a8b0d8.yaml...
WARNING GPIO2 is a strapping PIN and should only be used for I/O with care.
Attaching external pullup/down resistors to strapping pins can cause unexpected failures.
See https://esphome.io/guides/faq.html#why-am-i-getting-a-warning-about-strapping-pins
WARNING GPIO5 is a strapping PIN and should only be used for I/O with care.
Attaching external pullup/down resistors to strapping pins can cause unexpected failures.
See https://esphome.io/guides/faq.html#why-am-i-getting-a-warning-about-strapping-pins
INFO Starting log output from esphome-web-a8b0d8.local using esphome API
WARNING Can't connect to ESPHome API for esphome-web-a8b0d8.local: Error resolving IP address: [Errno -5] No address associated with hostname (APIConnectionError)
INFO Trying to connect to esphome-web-a8b0d8.local in the background

It appears that you don’t have an api key, which is needed for Home Assistant to connect to the device via ESPHome. The api entry is blank.

Not true. The API key is optional and works just fine if blank.

Have you added the device to the integration? Restart Home Assistant and It should be discovered.

Also - do you have mDNS working in your environment? Some routers will let you block it.

Can you get logs via the USB connection you originally used to flash the device. Then we would be able to see if it is at least getting an IP address.