ODP flow can't find key

[deg]

I'm trying to follow the instructions in https://patent-client.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/open_data_portal.html
It looks like there's a typo or a missing instruction (or I just misread something??)

$ PATENT_CLIENT_ODP_API_KEY=q__ELIDED__b

$ echo $PATENT_CLIENT_ODP_API_KEY
q__ELIDED__b

$ python
Python 3.12.1 (main, Feb 11 2024, 16:58:58) [Clang 15.0.0 (clang-1500.1.0.2.5)] on darwin
>>> from patent_client.odp import USApplicationBiblio
>>> app = USApplicationBiblio.objects.get("16123456")
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    api = ODPApi()
          ^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/deg/Documents/swirl/patent_search/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/patent_client/_sync/uspto/odp/api.py", line 38, in __init__
    raise ValueError("ODP API key is not set")
ValueError: ODP API key is not set
>>>

[parkerhancock]

Huh. That should have worked.

Try this. Do the same thing, but after you get the error, type this in:

>>> import os
>>> os.environ["PATENT_CLIENT_ODP_API_KEY"]

and see if Python is seeing the set variable, and let me know. That will help me figure out if there's something wrong about how I am reading settings values (which uses pydantic-settings under the hood), or if there is something wrong with how Python is reading your environment.

Thanks for the bug report!

[deg]

Never mind, it was my error.

I had done $ PATENT_CLIENT_ODP_API_KEY=... rather than $ export PATENT_CLIENT_ODP_API_KEY=...

Sorry for the false alarm.