How do I provide my API key for OpenAI fine-tuning on Replit?

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I'm trying to fine tune a model using the OpenAI CLI, but I'm encountering an issue with the API key. I'm running this command:

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openai api fine_tunes.create -t <TRAIN_FILE_ID_OR_PATH> -m <BASE_MODEL>

However, I receive the following error message:

No API key provided. You can set your API key in code using ‘openai.api_key = ’, or you can set the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY=). If your API key is stored in a file, you can point the openai module at it with ‘openai.api_key_path = ’. You can generate API keys in the OpenAI web interface.

I'm using Replit, which stores the API key in its "Secrets". How can I configure the API key so that the CLI picks it up correctly?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 26 days ago

Make sure your API key is available as the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY. Replit Secrets automatically set environment variables with the names you provide, so if you've added your key under "OPENAI_API_KEY", the OpenAI CLI should pick it up. For example:

Verify in Replit that the secret is called exactly OPENAI_API_KEY.
In your Replit shell, run:
```
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echo $OPENAI_API_KEY
```
to check that the variable is correctly set.

Then run:

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openai api fine_tunes.create -t <TRAIN_FILE_ID_OR_PATH> -m <BASE_MODEL>

The CLI will use the API key from the environment variable.

If you're running Python code, you can also set the API key in your code:

PYTHON
import os
import openai

openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")

This ensures your key is loaded securely without hardcoding it in your source code.

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