AI_LoadAPIKeyError: Unable to get the generateText() to find the API key from .env file.

[LincChad]

Using the AI SDK, I have been following the docs, and it says openai from '@ai-sdk/openai' should default to using OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable, but I keep getting this error:
Error generating text: AI_LoadAPIKeyError: OpenAI API key is missing. Pass it using the 'apiKey' parameter or the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable.

Any assistance will be appreciated.

[lgrammel]

The error means that the API key is not available as an environment variable. You can set it up manually with createOpenai:

import { createOpenAI } from '@ai-sdk/openai';

const openai = createOpenAI({
   apiKey: 'myApiKey' // should ideally be loaded from external place such as env variable
});

https://sdk.vercel.ai/providers/ai-sdk-providers/openai#provider-instance