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SebTheGeek
SebTheGeek

Reputation: 91

OpenAI API error: "The api_key client option must be set either by passing api_key to the client or by setting the OPENAI_API_KEY env variable"

I'm a little confused about using OpenAI in Python and need a little help to make this code work. I tried several solutions found on StackOverflow, none of them are working.

My goal is to make a Python code that asks two questions to the user, and then the gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct model finds the answer and exports a questions_reponses.csv with it. I will then convert this to XML to import it into a moodle environment.

Error message: OpenAIError: The api_key client option must be set either by passing api_key to the client or by setting the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable

Environnement: MacOS/Thonny

My code:

import pandas as pd

# Configure OpenAI API key

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()
openai.api_key = 'my secret key openai'


# Prompt user for 2 questions
questions = []
for i in range(2):
    question = input("Posez une question: ")
    questions.append(question)

# Use OpenAI to answer questions
answers = []
for question in questions:
    response = client.Completions.create(
        engine="gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct",
        prompt=f"Question: {question}\nRéponse:",
        max_tokens=1024,
        n=1,
        stop=None,
        temperature=0.7,
    )
    answer = response.choices[0].text.strip()
    answers.append(answer)

# Create a pandas dataframe with questions and answers
df = pd.DataFrame({"Question": questions, "Réponse": answers})

# Export dataframe to CSV file
df.to_csv("questions_reponses.csv", index=False)

print("Le fichier CSV a été créé avec succès.")`

I've tried to set the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY in my os, but it didn't work (I always get the same error message). So I keep trying to set the key inside the code below. I don't know if my syntax is okay.

Remark on the answer

I am reaching out to the answerer here. As to the rules of Stack Exchange, I must do this in the question.

I've just tried option 1, same error message:

import pandas as pd

# Configure OpenAI API key

    import os
    from openai import OpenAI
    client = OpenAI()
    OpenAI.api_key = os.getenv('OPENAI_API_KEY')

    # Prompt user for 5 questions
    questions = []
    for i in range(1):
        question = input("Posez une question: ")
        questions.append(question)

    # Use OpenAI to answer questions
    answers = []
    for question in questions:
        response = client.Completions.create(
            engine="gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct",
            prompt=f"Question: {question}\nRéponse:",
            max_tokens=1024,
            n=1,
            stop=None,
            temperature=0.7,
        )
        answer = response.choices[0].text.strip()
        answers.append(answer)

    # Create a pandas dataframe with questions and answers
    df = pd.DataFrame({"Question": questions, "Réponse": answers})

    # Export dataframe to CSV file
    df.to_csv("questions_reponses.csv", index=False)

    print("Le fichier CSV a été créé avec succès.")

I've just tried option 2, same error message:

import pandas as pd

# Configure OpenAI API key

    from openai import OpenAI
    client = OpenAI()
    OpenAI.api_key = "sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"




    # Prompt user for 5 questions
    questions = []
    for i in range(1):
        question = input("Posez une question: ")
        questions.append(question)

    # Use OpenAI to answer questions
    answers = []
    for question in questions:
        response = client.Completions.create(
            engine="gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct",
            prompt=f"Question: {question}\nRéponse:",
            max_tokens=1024,
            n=1,
            stop=None,
            temperature=0.7,
        )
        answer = response.choices[0].text.strip()
        answers.append(answer)

    # Create a pandas dataframe with questions and answers
    df = pd.DataFrame({"Question": questions, "Réponse": answers})

    # Export dataframe to CSV file
    df.to_csv("questions_reponses.csv", index=False)

    print("Le fichier CSV a été créé avec succès.")

I don't understand what is going on.

MIND: the answer works, it was just not checked in full

This is a remark from an outsider. As to the check of the heading above: the questioner has only tried the approach 1. With approach 2, it would work, that is why the questioner could already accept the answer.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 53396

Answers (6)

Vamsi tallapudi
Vamsi tallapudi

Reputation: 21

import os
os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "your-api-key-here"

this works for me other ways just throwing teh same error over and over

Upvotes: 2

Amir
Amir

Reputation: 1683

This is a similar full code that works:

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key = "Your_API_KEY",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful assistant."},
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "Write a haiku about recursion in programming."
        }
    ]
)

print(completion.choices[0].message)

Upvotes: 0

Rok Benko
Rok Benko

Reputation: 23078

You need to set the OpenAI API key. There are two options if you're using the OpenAI Python SDK >=v1.0.0:

Option 1 (recommended): Set the OpenAI API key as an environment variable

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
)

Option 2: Set the OpenAI API key directly

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key = "sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
)

Upvotes: 13

eyitayoit
eyitayoit

Reputation: 1

On UNIX, run the command below in the terminal

export OPENAI_API_KEY=real api key

In your python file:

import os
from openai import OpenAI


client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
)

Upvotes: 0

Vivek Chaudhari
Vivek Chaudhari

Reputation: 2010

please check the openai version first, above answers might work for older versions

pip show openai

Version: 1.13.3
Summary: The official Python library for the openai API
Home-page: 
Author: 
Author-email: OpenAI <[email protected]>
License:

following is the another approach to set OPENAI_API_KEY for openai version 1.x.x,

import os
import openai

key = 'sk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' 

OR

key = os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY']

client = openai.OpenAI(api_key=key)

Upvotes: 1

Siddharth
Siddharth

Reputation: 31

First pip install python-dotenv

Then set your .env file

OPENAI_API_KEY="*****"

NOW

    import os
    from openai import OpenAI
    from dotenv import load_dotenv
    
    load_dotenv()
    
    client = OpenAI(
        api_key=os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY"),
    )

    //CODE HERE

Upvotes: 3

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