OpenAI: How To Generate API Keys

Description

**In this tutorial, you will learn how to generate OpenAI Secret API Keys so you can access Open AI models in your automation workflows and more.

In this tutorial, you’ll learn:

• What are APIs an API Keys?
• How to access OpenAI API Platform
• How to generate a Secret API Key
• How to edit or delete API Keys
• How To Add Credit Balance & Set Budget
• How To Save API Keys in 1Password

API: Application Programming Interface
Set of rules and instructions that lets different computer programs talk to each other and share information or do tasks, without needing to know all the secret details of how the other program works inside.

API Keys:
Tell the API you have permission to make requests of it.

**API Safety (Best Practices):
**https://help.openai.com/en/articles/5112595-best-practices-for-api-key-safety

Open AI Developer Platform:
https://platform.openai.com

**API Pricing:
**https://openai.com/api/pricing/

API Documentation:
https://platform.openai.com/docs/overview

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✅ **Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:10 What Are APIs?
00:36 Hide Your API Keys!
01:11 Visit OpenAI Website
01:25 Sign In or Sign Up
01:40 Dashboard…API Keys
01:59 Copy & Save Your Key!
02:33 Save in 1Password
03:19 Edit or Revoke API Keys
03:40 Pricing, Usage & Limits
04:22 Add To Credit Balance

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1. Open a web browser and visit openai.com
2. Hover over Login Button
3. Click ‘API Platform’
4. Sign In or Create a New Account on OpenAI
5. Click on ‘Dashboard’ once signed in
6. Click on ‘API Keys’ in the left sidebar
7. Click ‘Create a new Secret Key’
8. Owned by ‘You’
9. Give it a name
10. Default Project
11. Click ‘Create Secret Key’
12. Click ‘Copy’ to copy to your clipboard
13. Save in 1Password or secure location