Unable to get passed the Auth API Key Error 401

Getting Error code: 401
mismatched_project
“OpenAI-Project header should match project for API key”

I keep checking and the project key is in place. Even if I try a key with no project, it then says no project ID ‘$project’ found in organization, even though the project is listed there! Its so weird everything seems to check out but I get these errors.

Fixed: Be sure to not lose track of the .env file in the home directory along with your code as there is more than one way to set the api key.

@lionseyelabs I am having the same issue. Can you please explain the fix? Your comment is cryptic at best. Thanks.

The issue was forgotten organization or project environment variables, which if used, should be compatible with the OpenAI key and its project and bill correctly for multiple organization members.

They could be set in the OS or environment files.

You have to go all the way to github Python source to see clear documentation of the environment variables that libraries will automatically pick up on if they are present:

This automatically infers the following arguments from their corresponding environment variables if they are not provided:

  • api_key from OPENAI_API_KEY
  • organization from OPENAI_ORG_ID
  • project from OPENAI_PROJECT_ID