OpenAI Account Setup Guide

Before you start building OpenAI-powered applications, you'll need to set up an OpenAI account and obtain an OpenAI API key. This guide will show you how to do both.

Important Credit Card Disclaimer—you will need to provide a credit card to access OpenAI's ChatGPT API. The credit card will be charged whatever usage amounts you incur to access the ChatGPT API.

Create an OpenAI Account

Start by going to the OpenAI website and registering for a new account.

Follow the prompts to provide your full name, email, password, and date of birth. The organization field can be left blank. You'll then be asked to provide a mobile phone number to verify your identity. Finally, OpenAI will send you a verification email.

After verifying your email, log in to your account, click on your profile in the top right, and click "View API Keys."

Set Up Billing

Before creating a new secret key, click on "Billing" on the panel to the left.

Click on "Pricing" to see OpenAI's pricing models. For the purposes of this course, you will select "Chat."

Note It's also advisable to set usage limits and apply a monthly spending limit to avoid unexpected charges.

Click on "Set up a paid account" to set up a payment method when you are ready to proceed and enter your payment information.

Request an OpenAI API Key

After your payment method has been set up, click on "API Keys" on the panel to the left and click "Create new secret key." This will generate an API key for developmental use.

Give this key a name—this will make it easier to keep track of your keys if you decide to create additional keys later. You can name this key anything you want!

After clicking "Create secret key," you'll be able to view and copy your key. This is the key you'll use to make API calls to OpenAI in any of the OpenAI-powered applications.

Important You won't be able to view this key in the future, so make sure you copy the key now and store it somewhere safe!

Now, you're ready to start building AI-powered applications with the OpenAI API! If you need any additional help, please review OpenAI's official documentation.

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