API Issues: Hardcoded Works Fine, .env pulls an Error

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Hello,

Hope everyone is doing well. I’ve been having some trouble with calling the GPT 4.1 mini API via my .env file.

When I hard code the API key everything works fine. Checking my directory everything is where it’s suppose to be. I even ran a separate script to check my env and the API key loads just fine.

This is the error message I’m getting:

OpenAI API error: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.

I’ve loaded money into my account. I have about $20 worth of credits. I haven’t exceeded any limits. I’ve barely got a chance to use it…

I’m confused, if anyone could aid in shining some light and giving some clarity I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks again.

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Welcome to the community!

If it works hardcoded, I would print out the env to make sure it has the right value. Sounds like it’s not loading correctly.

Let us know if that doesn’t work.

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This post’s script will attempt to make a “list models” call - then give you all the env variables that the client is actually detecting and using, so you can see if others are being grabbed and conflicting, such as a different organization.

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The main issue was that my system was using a global key… Once I deleted it out of Environment Variables everything worked as should.

I appreciate the help.

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This scripted helped a lot. My system was using a global key. Once I figured that out and deleted it the calls started going through.

Thanks for the help. Much appreciated.

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Thanks Man!
Was stuck for about 4-5 hours lol :sweat_smile:

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THANK YOU, I was using a global key that I set in my system environment variables in the past!