{"record":{"id":"5b93181517524bce","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"azure-ai-api-base-is-required-set-azure-ai-api-ba-5b9318","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Azure AI API base is required. Set AZURE_AI_API_BASE environment variable or pass api_base parameter.","messagePattern":"Azure AI API base is required\\. Set AZURE_AI_API_BASE environment variable or pass api_base parameter\\.","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/llms/azure_ai/image_edit/mai_transformation.py","lineNumber":114,"sourceCode":"        if not api_key:\n            raise ValueError(\n                f\"Azure AI API key is required for model {model}. \"\n                \"Set AZURE_AI_API_KEY environment variable or pass api_key parameter.\"\n            )\n\n        headers.update({\"api-key\": api_key})\n        return headers\n\n    def get_complete_url(\n        self,\n        model: str,\n        api_base: str | None,\n        litellm_params: dict,\n    ) -> str:\n        api_base = AzureFoundryModelInfo.get_api_base(api_base)\n\n        if api_base is None:\n            raise ValueError(\n                \"Azure AI API base is required. Set AZURE_AI_API_BASE environment variable or pass api_base parameter.\"\n            )\n\n        api_version: Final = litellm_params.get(\"api_version\") or get_secret_str(\"AZURE_AI_API_VERSION\") or \"preview\"\n\n        return AzureFoundryMAIImageGenerationConfig.get_mai_image_edit_url(\n            api_base=api_base,\n            api_version=api_version,\n        )\n\n    def transform_image_edit_request(\n        self,\n        model: str,\n        prompt: str | None,\n        image: FileTypes | None,\n        image_edit_optional_request_params: dict,\n        litellm_params: GenericLiteLLMParams,\n        headers: dict,","sourceCodeStart":96,"sourceCodeEnd":132,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d/litellm/llms/azure_ai/image_edit/mai_transformation.py#L96-L132","documentation":"Error \"Azure AI API base is required. Set AZURE_AI_API_BASE environment variable or pass api_base parameter.\" thrown in BerriAI/litellm.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at litellm/llms/azure_ai/image_edit/mai_transformation.py:114 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Set AZURE_AI_API_BASE or pass api_base."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"6c2dcb801bf2b75c18f1bb24140e7cf57465cc4d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-15T07:12:03.035Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}