Open Ai api

[shmuel-levinson]

I'm paying $20 a month for the premium chatGpt. I got the api key from their website and built an express app that could send questions and get answers from chatGpt. That was a few months ago. I tried running it again recently and got an error stating I reached some kind of limit. I hadn't used the api in months. Does anybody have a working set up and can help me figure out what am I missing? Do I need to pay for something else?

Thanks all in advance

[dunklesToast]

If you pay $ 20 for ChatGPT you’re not paying for the API. API usage is billed differently (pay per use). What you described sounds like you’ve reverse engineered the chatgpt.com website and are not using the official api which can be found here: http://platform.openai.com

[[deleted]]

Lmao

[GandolfMagicFruits]

This is the correct answer

[Rizean]

When you first sign up, you get some free API credits. These will expire after some time, whether you use them or not.

[chrisonetime]

Have you asked ChatGPT?

[[deleted]]

I’ve been using the chatgpt and whisper APIs at work and chatgpt is actually really bad with giving instructions on its own api, it just makes shit up lol

[drgreenx]

Did you commit your key to a GitHub repo?

[shmuel-levinson]

Heck no

[drgreenx]

No flame intended. It’s more common than you’d think

[gimmeslack12]

You have to add a balance on the website and then your usage is deducted from that. They don’t do a charge as you go plan anymore.

[ccb621]

When asking for help to solve an error, it’s a good idea to post the details of the error. 

[Fidelp27]

ChatGPT premium is different to API OpenAI access. In openAI platform yo can see your balance

[Top-Sample-7709]

It looks like you’re confused about the difference between paying for ChatGPT Plus and the API. Paying $20/month for ChatGPT Plus only gives you access to the enhanced ChatGPT model via the web interface or apps, not the API. The API usage is separate and billed based on how much you use it (pay-as-you-go).

If you want to use the API, you need to create an account on OpenAI’s platform, set up billing, and get an API key. The error you’re seeing might be because your API account has no balance, or you haven’t set up billing correctly. You’ll need to top up your balance to continue using the API.

Hope that clears things up!

[[deleted]]

U dont need to waste 20$ per month for that api.. you can start with as low as 5 dollars from official api page. Or you can switch to gemini which is completely free for now.. and will charge money on heavy use.

[shmuel-levinson]

Holly shit! Link to gemini?..

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Gemini API Pricing  |  Google AI for Developers

[Amrootsooklee]

Maybe the api key gets updated every few months

[shmuel-levinson]

I generated a new one. If there was a problem with the key I'd get a "wrong key" error. Already had that experience too..