OpenAI authentication doesn't work

[mmoussa]

What happened?

Documentation clearly indicates compatibility with OpenAI, but setting up the environment variables with OpenAI url, api key, and model doesn't work and I'm asked to put in a Qwen api key. And there are no clear instructions on setting up the local LLM.

[API Error: 401 Incorrect API key provided. For details, see: https://help.aliyun.com/zh/model-studio/error-code#apikey-error]

What did you expect to happen?

OpenAI url, api key, and model should work

Client information

Client Information

Run qwen to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

$ qwen /about
# paste output here

Login information

No response

Anything else we need to know?

No response

[yelonhu]

Hi @mmoussa,

The help.aliyun.com error indicates that your request is still being routed to the default Qwen endpoint instead of OpenAI.
To resolve this, please double-check your .env file and ensure your variable names strictly follow the format in our .env.example. You need to explicitly set the OPENAI_BASE_URL to override the default routing.
Please make sure your configuration looks like this:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
OPENAI_BASE_URL=https://api.openai.com/v1  # Must be explicitly set
# Ensure your model or provider variable (e.g., LLM_PROVIDER=openai) is also set exactly as in .env.example

Please update your .env file accordingly and try again.