More info for error "Failed to get a response. Have you set the OPENAI_API_KEY variable?"

[dylang]

Hi, looking forward to trying this, getting an error though and I'm not sure how to debug it.

The key is freshly made from https://beta.openai.com/account/api-keys.
I'm using fish shell 3.5.1 in MacOS.

 ❯ echo $OPENAI_API_KEY
sk-<key hidden>
 ❯ plz "list files"
✖ Failed to get a response. Have you set the OPENAI_API_KEY variable?

I've yet to try to code in Rust so I'm not set up to try to modify the source and see what's happening.

[yorhodes]

have the same issue @m1guelpf

[omeb]

Having the same issue as well...

[llunasanz]

Same here (KDE Neon). Also having OPENAI_API_KEY variable persisted

I think that it does not depend on setting OPENAI_API_KEY variable because plz do not let you run a request to OPENAI API without KEY variable. It shows the next message:
This program requires an OpenAI API key to run. Please set the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable.
IDK if it is related to API permissions or whatever.

[jcortejoso]

I had problems with API_KEYS from my personal account as my account had not enough credit to make any request. You can confirm if you are able to make requests at https://beta.openai.com/playground (just make a dummy request there).

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[ghost]

Having the same issue here

[llunasanz]

I tried to provide billing details and set my credit card at OpenAI. Then, I repeated the steps and it worked for me:

Thanks to @jcortejoso for the message!

[m1guelpf]

Would be really helpful if anyone experiencing this issue could share a copy of the response returned, so I can improve the error message on the CLI

[markkucler]

I had the same problem, billing/playground showed "You've reached your usage limit." and it started working once I provided billing details. Thanks @jcortejoso and @llunasanz!

[yorhodes]

also was just a billing issue for me