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HELICONE_API_KEY=<your-helicone-api-key>
XAI_API_KEY=<your-xai-api-key>
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from openai import OpenAI
from dotenv import load_dotenv
import os
load_dotenv()
helicone_api_key = os.getenv("HELICONE_API_KEY")
XAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("XAI_API_KEY")
client = OpenAI(
api_key=XAI_API_KEY,
base_url="https://x.helicone.ai/v1",
default_headers={
"Helicone-Auth": f"Bearer {helicone_api_key}"
}
)
chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="grok-4-latest",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, how are you?"}],
max_tokens=1024,
temperature=0.7
)
print(chat_completion)
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