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HELICONE_API_KEY=<your-helicone-api-key>
OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-openai-api-key>
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import os
from dotenv import load_dotenv
from llama_index.core import Settings
from llama_index.llms.openai import OpenAI

load_dotenv()

helicone_api_key = os.getenv("HELICONE_API_KEY")
openai_api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")

Settings.llm = OpenAI(
  base_url="https://oai.helicone.ai/v1",
  api_key=openai_api_key,
  default_headers={
    "Helicone-Auth": f"Bearer {helicone_api_key}"
  }
)
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python
  response = OpenAI().complete("What is the meaning of life?")
  print(response)
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