def CATEGORIES():
    account_linked = False
    user_api_key = my_addon.getSetting('api_key')
#    if user_api_key:
#        response = urllib2.urlopen(API_PATH + '/chats/?api_key=' + user_api_key + '&format=json')
#        data = simplejson.loads(response.read())
#        if data['status_code'] == 100:
#            # Revert to the default key
#            my_addon.setSetting('api_key', '')
#        else:
    global API_KEY
    API_KEY = user_api_key
    account_linked = True