# Authentication issues -- OpenAI Python Quick Start Guide **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion\ **Tags:** dev\ **Created:** [September 6, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://community.sambanova.ai/t/authentication-issues-openai-python-quick-start-guide/226 "2024-09-06T08:51:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alnreddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sambanova/user_avatar/community.sambanova.ai/alnreddy/32/247_2.png) [@alnreddy](https://community.sambanova.ai/u/alnreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 8:51am UTC](https://community.sambanova.ai/t/authentication-issues-openai-python-quick-start-guide/226/1 "2024-09-06T08:51:10Z")
Hi I signed up for Fast API and received “Personal API Key” and " API Endpoint". I plugged those two into OpenAI Python Quick Start Guide ([https://community.sambanova.ai/t/openai-python-quick-start-guide/182](https://community.sambanova.ai/t/openai-python-quick-start-guide/182)). However, when I run the program (in CoLabs for context), I get the following error: AuthenticationError: 401 Authorization Required # 401 Authorization Required * * * nginx ## And, here is the error exception stack: AuthenticationError Traceback (most recent call last) in \() 22 sys\_prompt = “Answer the question in a couple sentences.” 23 prompt = “Share a happy story with me” —\> 24 out = call\_llama(sys\_prompt, prompt) 25 print(out) 5 frames /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/openai/\_base\_client.py in \_request(self, cast\_to, options, remaining\_retries, stream, stream\_cls) 1039 1040 log.debug(“Re-raising status error”) → 1041 raise self.\_make\_status\_error\_from\_response(err.response) from None 1042 1043 return self.\_process\_response( ## For Reference, here is the code – Note: no changes other than updating API key and URL. I intentionally corrupted the API key for this post import openai from openai import OpenAI SAMBANOVA\_API\_URL = “[https://fast-api.snova.ai/v1/chat/completions](https://fast-api.snova.ai/v1/chat/completions)” SAMBANOVA\_API\_KEY = “skhsakhfkYaldQyajaWwuY29tAKHKasssZ1B2dlI=” # corrupted key client = OpenAI( base\_url=SAMBANOVA\_API\_URL, # the endpoint IP running on vLLM api\_key=SAMBANOVA\_API\_KEY, ) def call\_llama(sys\_prompt, prompt, \*\*kwargs): completion = client.chat.completions.create( model=“Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct”, messages=[ {“role”: “user”, “content”: prompt} ], stream=True, \*\*kwargs, ) response = “” for chunk in completion: response += chunk.choices[0].delta.content or “” return response sys\_prompt = “Answer the question in a couple sentences.” prompt = “Share a happy story with me” out = call\_llama(sys\_prompt, prompt) print(out) ---
**Author:** ![alex.penketh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sambanova/user_avatar/community.sambanova.ai/alex.penketh/32/348_2.png) [@alex.penketh](https://community.sambanova.ai/u/alex.penketh)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.sambanova.ai/t/authentication-issues-openai-python-quick-start-guide/226/2 "2024-09-06T13:52:42Z")
Hi! Welcome to the SambaNova community and thanks for registering for the Fast API Program. I will investigate this for you and as this is an access issue provide you an update privately as soon as we are able. Kind Regards Alex Penketh