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user171780
user171780

Reputation: 3105

Getting a PaLM API key access denied

I am a student and want to experiment with the PaLM API. For this, the first step is to get an API key, as stated here. However, when I click on Get an API key I get an error

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How can I get one?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1069

Answers (2)

Terminologist
Terminologist

Reputation: 1003

If you live in an unsupported country (e.g. the UK or Canada), you will need to use a VPN to both get yourself a key and to use it.

If you forget to enable the VPN when using it, you'll get:

{
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "User location is not supported for the API use.",
    "status": "FAILED_PRECONDITION"
  }
}

Anywhere in the US works so if you can VPN to, say, California then you're good.

Upvotes: 1

user171780
user171780

Reputation: 3105

If anyone else ends up here, in my case it seems to be a location issue. My country is not listed in the list of available regions. After enabling a VPN to the US, I was able to generate a key.

Upvotes: 4

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