trying to deploy in hardhat

[samuel33333334455666]

Samuel@DESKTOP-DEM50G5 MINGW64 ~/hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc (master)

$ npx hardhat run scripts/deploy.js --network rinkeby
npm WARN config global `--global`, `--local` are deprecated. Use `--location=global` instead.
Compiled 1 Solidity file successfully
Deploying contract...
Deployed contract to: 0x2C5d74CCC179B3a0164bE87310418142aC2Ad5b2
Waiting for block txes.....
Verifying contract...
NomicLabsHardhatPluginError: You are trying to verify a contract in 'rinkeby', but no API token was found for this network. Please provide one in your hardhat config. For example:

{
  ...
  etherscan: {
    apiKey: {
      rinkeby: 'your API key'
    }
  }
}

See https://etherscan.io/apis
    at throwMissingApiKeyError (C:\Users\Samuel\hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc\node_modules\@nomiclabs\hardhat-etherscan\src\resolveEtherscanApiKey.ts:27:9)       
    at resolveEtherscanApiKey (C:\Users\Samuel\hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc\node_modules\@nomiclabs\hardhat-etherscan\src\resolveEtherscanApiKey.ts:10:5)        
    at SimpleTaskDefinition.verifySubtask [as action] (C:\Users\Samuel\hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc\node_modules\@nomiclabs\hardhat-etherscan\src\index.ts:211:49)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
    at Environment._runTaskDefinition (C:\Users\Samuel\hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc\node_modules\hardhat\src\internal\core\runtime-environment.ts:219:14)        
    at Environment.run (C:\Users\Samuel\hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc\node_modules\hardhat\src\internal\core\runtime-environment.ts:131:14)
    at verify (C:\Users\Samuel\hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc\scripts\deploy.js:32:7)
    at main (C:\Users\Samuel\hardhat-simple-storage1-fcc\scripts\deploy.js:15:5)
Current Value is: 0
Updated Value is: 7

[othaime-en]

Hey @samuel33333334455666 please share you hardhat.config.js file

[samuel33333334455666]

require("@nomicfoundation/hardhat-toolbox")
require("dotenv").config()
require("@nomiclabs/hardhat-etherscan")

/** @type import('hardhat/config').HardhatUserConfig */
const RINKEBY_RPC_URL = process.env.RINKEBY_RPC_URL
const PRIVATE_KEY = process.env.PRIVATE_KEY
const ETHERSCAN_API_KEY = process.env.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY
module.exports = {
    defaultNetwork: "hardhat",
    networks: {
        rinkeby: {
          url: RINKEBY_RPC_URL,
          accounts: [PRIVATE_KEY],
          chainId: 4,
        },
    },
    solidity: "0.8.7",
    etherscan: {
      apikey: ETHERSCAN_API_KEY,
    },
}

[othaime-en]

Please change apikey to apiKey (capitalize the letter K)

[samuel33333334455666]

WOW...
thank you sir

[samuel33333334455666]

Hi bro can i get your WhatsApp number or any social medial, so that i can connect with you

[othaime-en]

Hey @samuel33333334455666 if it is for personal reasons you can find me on twitter at @iamothaimeen or check my github profile if I happen to change.
However if it is a question about this course, I prefer you ask in the discussion forum so that others with similar problems can easily find answers to the problem