Help for Module 3 question

Andraws Santos

Feb 22 (edited) • 💡 Help

Hi there,

I'm having a problem in the class #How to Build Effective AI Agents in Pure Python from Module 3.

Dave uses the following code:

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

But I always get this error:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- OpenAIError Traceback (most recent call last) File /Users/andrawsstevesantos/Code/VSCode/ai-cookbook-main/patterns/workflows/1-introduction/1-basic.py:1 ----> 1 client = OpenAI(api_key=os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")) File ~/Code/venv/tracking_barbell/lib/python3.12/site-packages/openai/_client.py:110, in OpenAI.__init__(self, api_key, organization, project, base_url, websocket_base_url, timeout, max_retries, default_headers, default_query, http_client, _strict_response_validation) 108 api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY") 109 if api_key is None: --> 110 raise OpenAIError( 111 "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" 112 ) 113 self.api_key = api_key 115 if organization is None: 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

I've tried searching on ChatGPT, but I couldn't solve it.

I also have doubts about whether the .env file is in the right place or what exactly needs to be uncommented.

Thanks for your help!

@Dave Ebbelaar

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