Getting Started with the ChatGPT API : Getting API Key
Rany ElHousieny, PhD???
Generative AI Engineering Manager | ex-Microsoft | AI Solutions Architect | Expert in LLM, NLP, and AI-Driven Innovation | AI Product Leader
1 Overview of the ChatGPT API and its purpose:
The ChatGPT API allows developers to integrate ChatGPT's conversational capabilities into their own applications, products, or services. It provides a simple and efficient way to interact with the model programmatically, enabling developers to build chatbots, virtual assistants, or other conversational interfaces.
More details in the following article
2 Log In / Sign Up:
Sign up for an OpenAI account and navigate to the OpenAI API dashboard. Goto https://openai.com and click on Menu as shown below:
From the Menu, select Login or Sign up
Select API
Then you will end up on the API portal similar to the one below:
3 Familiarize Yourself with APIs through the Playground
Click on "Playground" so that we can start using the APIs directly and learn them quickly.
Obtain your API key or credentials for authentication.
Click on your picture / Personal and click on View API Key
Click "Create New Secret Key"
Make sure to Copy this key and store it because we will use it later to call the APIs