# fig2plotly() error, you must be signed in

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/fig2plotly-error-you-must-be-signed-in/967>\
**Category:** Plotly Fundamentals\
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/fig2plotly-error-you-must-be-signed-in/967 "2016-05-03T02:27:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![emurillo07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@emurillo07](https://community.plotly.com/u/emurillo07)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/fig2plotly-error-you-must-be-signed-in/967/1 "2016-05-03T02:27:59Z")

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I’m trying to use Plotly under Octave and I’ve been following the tutorial on [https://plot.ly/matlab/getting-started/](https://plot.ly/matlab/getting-started/) .  
But, when I use the fig2plotly() function, I get the following message:  
"error:  
Oops! You must be signed in to initialize a plotlyfig object."  
I’m signed in to plotly on google chrome. I’m also running Ubuntu 16.04