earendil-works/pi · error

No API key for provider: ${model.provider}

Error message

No API key for provider: ${model.provider}

What it means

Error "No API key for provider: ${model.provider}" thrown in earendil-works/pi.

Source

Thrown at packages/ai/src/api/google-generative-ai.ts:85

			usage: {
				input: 0,
				output: 0,
				cacheRead: 0,
				cacheWrite: 0,
				totalTokens: 0,
				cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0, total: 0 },
			},
			stopReason: "pending",
			timestamp: Date.now(),
		};

		try {
			if (options?.fetch && options.fetch !== globalThis.fetch) {
				throw new Error("Custom fetch is not supported by the Google Generative AI adapter");
			}
			const apiKey = options?.apiKey;
			if (!apiKey) {
				throw new Error(`No API key for provider: ${model.provider}`);
			}
			const client = createClient(model, apiKey, options?.headers);
			let params = buildParams(model, context, options);
			const nextParams = await options?.onPayload?.(params, model);
			if (nextParams !== undefined) {
				params = nextParams as GenerateContentParameters;
			}
			const googleStream = await retryGoogleRequest(() => client.models.generateContentStream(params), options);

			stream.push({ type: "start", partial: output });
			let currentBlock: TextContent | ThinkingContent | null = null;
			const blocks = output.content;
			const blockIndex = () => blocks.length - 1;
			for await (const chunk of googleStream) {
				// @google/genai documents GenerateContentResponse.responseId as an output-only field
				// used to identify each response. Keep the first non-empty one from the stream.
				output.responseId ||= chunk.responseId;
				const candidate = chunk.candidates?.[0];

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Solutions

1. Set GEMINI_API_KEY or GOOGLE_API_KEY, or pass an API key for the provider.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at packages/ai/src/api/google-generative-ai.ts:85 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of earendil-works/pi@4af9d21d3b (2026-08-24). Data as JSON: /api/errors/913963a8c27c43b9. Report an issue: GitHub.