API NOT WORKING PLEASE HELP

[jmanhype]

[Torantulino]

Hey @jmanhype

"openai.error.AuthenticationError: Incorrect API key provided"

• [ ] Have you double checked your OpenAI key is correct?

I think what else the problem could be

[jmanhype]

I omiiteed part of it to hide the api key but you see its finding they key somewhere else not in the .env file.

i tried to set the key using setx also i did a echo call to see if it accepted it does but still spits out same error then I tried to create myenv and activate it install depencices still same error. HELPPP

[jmanhype]

so ass you see I set the api then i call it to make sure its set then i run the python script it still is not working no matter what something is wrong with your code. something you updated if it was working beforehand help please

[jmanhype]

so strange I just did a new instance on my laptop and its working fine without a hitch

[gillmohnish]

thank you for the quick respone yes I have checked it many times. It is finding a different api key Incorrect API key provided: <sk-JW3R*****************************************Caq>. You can find your API key at https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.

this is what the .env file says

OPENAI_API_KEY='sk-RHN3tSsJh bnHNregvGQMpMNz' ELEVENLABS_API_KEY="a75c0d 8c43feec184" SMART_LLM_MODEL="gpt-4" FAST_LLM_MODEL="gpt-3.5-turbo" GOOGLE_API_KEY= CUSTOM_SEARCH_ENGINE_ID=

It seems that the OPENAI_API_KEY value in your .env file is not formatted correctly, as it contains an extra space character in the middle of the key. you can try this OPENAI_API_KEY='sk-RHN3tSsJhbnHNregvGQMpMNz'

[amauryfischer]

you shouldn't share your api-key ! do not forget to delete it from openai and generate a new one as malicious people could use it

[beast1xy]

for me, the solution was to name the .env.template file to just .env

so i just remove the .template from the filename.

and i wrote the thing with the api key like that: OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-1ykb......EKTL

now it works for me

[xtions66]

I have created my Google API key, made sure everything was entered, spent nearly 2 hours on it last night, and AutoGPT just rejects it as a bad API key.

At the end of my rope here. I would love to use this tool, but can't get past this. Any help would be appreciated.

Command google returned: Error: <HttpError 400 when requesting https://customsearch.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?q=popular+items+to+sell+on+Etsy&cx=a289ff8cd1de54583&num=8&key=no&alt=json returned "API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.". Details: "[{'message': 'API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.', 'domain': 'global', 'reason': 'badRequest'}]">

[DukeChapnick]

I had the same issue on my Mac. Here is how I fixed it: My system was automatically hiding the .env-file. I created a new .env-file with "nano .env" copied the content of the template an inserted my openAI-API-key

[TylonHH]

I have created my Google API key, made sure everything was entered, spent nearly 2 hours on it last night, and AutoGPT just rejects it as a bad API key.

At the end of my rope here. I would love to use this tool, but can't get past this. Any help would be appreciated.

Command google returned: Error: <HttpError 400 when requesting https://customsearch.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?q=popular+items+to+sell+on+Etsy&cx=a289ff8cd1de54583&num=8&key=no&alt=json returned "API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.". Details: "[{'message': 'API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key.', 'domain': 'global', 'reason': 'badRequest'}]">

same here. Why is in the search URL key=no when in the .env is a correct key and search engine?

[Holpa]

Hello Everyone,

Do I have found out if changing the KEY name in file config.py , and .env file the application can pull the GOOGLE_API_KEY properly

OR check your OS environment variables, check your windows variables and delete GOOGLE_API_KEY, then reboot your pc

now it is working

[HancoRabie]

It's broken for me, unfortunately.

I've entered the API correctly. I'm on windows.

The .env file is not incorrectly named. My API keys are valid.

[mvb11]

It's also broken for me. Doesn't matter if I change it in the .env file or config file itself. Get same error message but Key is correct.

[Al-Qudo]

Same here.

[rileycevans]

Same

[mvb11]

It ended up working for me by opening up the zip folder in VSCode and just operating on the files there. Not sure why it didn't work in the initial terminal.

[Flinana]

Hi everyone. I have same issue and tried everything. Any other options?

[Vanomis]

Same problem here. I used VSCode and realized that the .env I renamed from the textEdit (MacOS) was still named .env.template for some reason ... Like if remaming it from textEdit didn't save the change. I renamed it from VSCode and it worked...

[VedalYT]

Hello Everyone,

Do I have found out if changing the KEY name in file config.py , and .env file the application can pull the GOOGLE_API_KEY properly

OR check your OS environment variables, check your windows variables and delete GOOGLE_API_KEY, then reboot your pc

now it is working

Thank you so much! I was narrowing the issue down and my final resort was this thread. Thank you for your service

[Explorergt92]

@jmanhype is this still an issue for you or can this be closed?