{"record":{"id":"d0d2a14c96e2a260","repo":"BerriAI/litellm","slug":"jina-ai-api-key-is-required-please-set-jina-ai-a","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Jina AI API key is required, please set 'JINA_AI_API_KEY' in your environment","messagePattern":"Jina AI API key is required, please set 'JINA_AI_API_KEY' in your environment","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"ValueError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"litellm/rerank_api/main.py","lineNumber":293,"sourceCode":"            )\n\n            if api_key is None:\n                raise ValueError(\"TogetherAI API key is required, please set 'TOGETHERAI_API_KEY' in your environment\")\n\n            response = together_rerank.rerank(\n                model=model,\n                query=query,\n                documents=documents,\n                top_n=top_n,\n                rank_fields=rank_fields,\n                return_documents=return_documents,\n                max_chunks_per_doc=max_chunks_per_doc,\n                api_key=api_key,\n                _is_async=_is_async,\n            )\n        elif _custom_llm_provider == litellm.LlmProviders.JINA_AI:\n            if dynamic_api_key is None:\n                raise ValueError(\"Jina AI API key is required, please set 'JINA_AI_API_KEY' in your environment\")\n\n            api_base = (\n                dynamic_api_base or optional_params.api_base or litellm.api_base or get_secret(\"BEDROCK_API_BASE\")\n            )\n\n            response = base_llm_http_handler.rerank(\n                model=model,\n                custom_llm_provider=_custom_llm_provider,\n                optional_rerank_params=optional_rerank_params,\n                logging_obj=litellm_logging_obj,\n                provider_config=rerank_provider_config,\n                timeout=optional_params.timeout,\n                api_key=dynamic_api_key or optional_params.api_key,\n                api_base=api_base,\n                _is_async=_is_async,\n                headers=headers or litellm.headers or {},\n                client=client,\n                model_response=model_response,","sourceCodeStart":275,"sourceCodeEnd":311,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8/litellm/rerank_api/main.py#L275-L311","documentation":"Credential resolution guard for Jina AI rerank: no API key was resolvable from the call, litellm globals, or the JINA_AI_API_KEY environment variable, so the rerank request cannot be authenticated.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at litellm/rerank_api/main.py:293 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Set JINA_AI_API_KEY in your environment."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"77b7c6c40c0c5aa5fbcb1d6a1825ac39ca8829b8","analyzedAt":"2026-08-18T11:44:31.656Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-14T05:17:10.506Z"}