# Error about the OpenAI API

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** chatgpt\
**Created:** [July 31, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541 "2024-07-31T13:01:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![damassoh.dev.franco6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/damassoh.dev.franco6/32/434403_2.png) [@damassoh.dev.franco6](https://community.openai.com/u/damassoh.dev.franco6)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541/1 "2024-07-31T13:01:57Z")

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I’m currently testing a project and I encounter this error :

openai.error.RateLimitError: 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](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors).  
Traceback (most recent call last)  
I need your help for resolve that

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**Author:** ![jr.2509](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jr.2509](https://community.openai.com/u/jr.2509)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541/2 "2024-07-31T13:11:54Z")

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Welcome to the Community!

This error indicates that you currently don’t have any available funds on your developer account. You need to add a minimum balance of $5 to your account in order to start using the API. You can do that under Settings \> Organization \> Billing.

Alternatively, you might have hit the limit set for your organization or the specific project.

Let us know if you’ve got any further questions.

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**Author:** ![damassoh.dev.franco6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/damassoh.dev.franco6/32/434403_2.png) [@damassoh.dev.franco6](https://community.openai.com/u/damassoh.dev.franco6)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541/3 "2024-08-11T19:27:40Z")

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Thanks you.  
I put 5dollars on my openai account but I still have this problem. Is there anything I need to activate?

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**Author:** ![PaulBellow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/paulbellow/32/597962_2.png) [@PaulBellow](https://community.openai.com/u/PaulBellow)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541/4 "2024-08-11T19:32:51Z")

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Did you try minting a new API key?

What is your code trying to do? There are rate limits for models based on your billing tier.

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**Author:** ![damassoh.dev.franco6](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/damassoh.dev.franco6/32/434403_2.png) [@damassoh.dev.franco6](https://community.openai.com/u/damassoh.dev.franco6)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541/5 "2024-08-11T19:45:45Z")

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The purpose of my code is to use the gpt3-5 turbo model

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**Author:** ![PaulBellow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/paulbellow/32/597962_2.png) [@PaulBellow](https://community.openai.com/u/PaulBellow)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/error-about-the-openai-api/888541/6 "2024-08-11T19:47:51Z")

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Okay, I just thought if you were trying embedding or something you might be running into an actual rate limit.

If you’ve indeed added $5 credit to your account, your billing info is all correct, etc., you’ll need to reach out to [help.openai.com](http://help.openai.com)

Good luck!