# M2\_UGL\_1: error in runing util localy -\> OpenAIError **URL:** \ **Category:** Agentic AI\ **Tags:** week-module-2, dl-ai-learning-platform\ **Created:** [October 6, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/m2-ugl-1-error-in-runing-util-localy-openaierror/895537 "2026-10-06T15:28:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Redwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/848f3c/32.png) [@Redwan](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/Redwan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/m2-ugl-1-error-in-runing-util-localy-openaierror/895537/1 "2026-10-06T15:28:24Z")
Hi all, **How i can configure a valid `OPENAI_API_KEY` in my local environment to lunch launches Jupyter notbook.** when I tried to run M2\_UGL\_1 on my local machine I got an **OpenAIError: Missing credentials.** OpenAIError Traceback (most recent call last) Cell In[3], line 6 2 import re 3 import json 4 5 # Local helper module ----\> 6 import utils File d:\WorkSpace\_coding\agentic\_ai\M2\ungraded\_labs\M2\_UGL\_1\utils.py:24 21 anthropic\_api\_key = os.getenv(“ANTHROPIC\_API\_KEY”) 23 # Both clients read keys from env by default; explicit is also fine: —\> [24](file:///D:/WorkSpace\_coding/agentic\_ai/M2/ungraded\_labs/M2\_UGL\_1/utils.py:24) openai\_client = OpenAI(api\_key=openai\_api\_key) if openai\_api\_key else OpenAI() 25 anthropic\_client = Anthropic(api\_key=anthropic\_api\_key) if anthropic\_api\_key else Anthropic() 26 anthropic\_client = Anthropic( 27 base\_url=“[http://jupyter-api-proxy.internal.dlai/rev-proxy/anthropic](http://jupyter-api-proxy.internal.dlai/rev-proxy/anthropic)” 28 ) File d:\WorkSpace\_coding\venv\Lib\site-packages\openai\_client.py:274, in OpenAI.\__init_\_(self, api\_key, admin\_api\_key, workload\_identity, organization, project, webhook\_secret, provider, base\_url, data\_residency, websocket\_base\_url, timeout, max\_retries, default\_headers, default\_query, http\_client, \_strict\_response\_validation, \_enforce\_credentials) 264 self.admin\_api\_key = admin\_api\_key if provider\_runtime is None else None 266 if ( 267 provider\_runtime is None 268 and \_enforce\_credentials (…) 272 and self.admin\_api\_key is None 273 ): … ``` 276 ) 278 if organization is None and provider_runtime is None: 279 organization = os.environ.get("OPENAI_ORG_ID") ``` OpenAIError: Missing credentials. Please pass an `api_key`, `workload_identity`, `admin_api_key`, or set the `OPENAI_API_KEY` or `OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY` environment variable. ---
**Author:** ![TMosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/dlai/user_avatar/community.deeplearning.ai/tmosh/32/9321_2.png) [@TMosh](https://community.deeplearning.ai/u/TMosh)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.deeplearning.ai/t/m2-ugl-1-error-in-runing-util-localy-openaierror/895537/2 "2026-10-06T17:32:09Z")
You need to provide your own API key.