{"record":{"id":"1a05e7bae4aefc69","repo":"xtekky/gpt4free","slug":"api-key-is-required","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"API key is required.","messagePattern":"API key is required\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"MissingAuthError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"g4f/Provider/template/OpenaiTemplate.py","lineNumber":52,"sourceCode":"    supports_native_tools: bool = True\n    _checked_api_keys: dict = {}\n\n    @classmethod\n    async def get_quota(cls, api_key: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs) -> dict:\n        \"\"\"Get the quota information for the API key.\"\"\"\n        if not api_key:\n            from ...tools.run_tools import AuthManager\n\n            api_key = AuthManager.load_api_key(cls)\n        if api_key and cls.models_needs_auth and cls.quota_url is None:\n            cls.quota_url = f\"{cls.base_url}/models\"\n        if cls.quota_url is None:\n            if cls.backup_url is not None:\n                cls.quota_url = f\"{cls.backup_url}/chat/completions\"\n        if cls.quota_url is not None:\n            return await super().get_quota(api_key=api_key, **kwargs)\n        if not api_key and cls.needs_auth:\n            raise MissingAuthError(\"API key is required.\")\n        if not cls.default_model:\n            raise NotImplementedError(\"No default model specified.\")\n        return await cls.test_api_key(api_key)\n\n    @classmethod\n    async def test_api_key(cls, api_key: str):\n        if api_key in cls._checked_api_keys:\n            return cls._checked_api_keys[api_key]\n        url = f\"{cls.base_url}/chat/completions\"\n        headers = {\"authorization\": f\"Bearer {api_key}\"} if api_key else {}\n        json_data = {\n            \"model\": cls.default_model,\n            \"messages\": [{\"role\": \"user\", \"content\": \"say only okay\"}],\n            \"max_tokens\": 1,\n        }\n        async with StreamSession() as session:\n            async with session.post(url, headers=headers, json=json_data) as response:\n                await raise_for_status(response)","sourceCodeStart":34,"sourceCodeEnd":70,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/xtekky/gpt4free/blob/973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3/g4f/Provider/template/OpenaiTemplate.py#L34-L70","documentation":"Error \"API key is required.\" thrown in xtekky/gpt4free.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at g4f/Provider/template/OpenaiTemplate.py:52 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Pass an api_key argument to the provider call.","Set the provider's API key environment variable before calling."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"973504e1770928ed5fb82f43da528f441ad9ddc3","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T23:45:32.408Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}