EXA API KEY Error

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Getting the ERROR EXA_API_KEY not set. Please set the EXA_API_KEY environment variable. I did set the EXA key multiple times, but keep getting this error. Created a new key on EXA and still the same issue. Any ideas why I am getting this error? Machine is a Windows 11 laptop.

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Hey @rajurs , can you try logging you api_key to console to check if api key is set.
use echo %EXA_API_KEY%

Alternatively you can directly pass your api_key into the tool.

here is an example

from phi.agent import Agent, RunResponse  # noqa
from phi.model.openai import OpenAIChat
from phi.tools.exa import ExaTools

agent = Agent(
    model=OpenAIChat(id="gpt-4o"),
    markdown=True,
    tools=[ExaTools(api_key="bffe.....your_api_key.....")],
    debug_mode=True,
)

agent.print_response("Share a 2 sentence horror story, search the web for the first sentence")
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Will try and let you know. Thanks

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For some unknown reason, PowerShell was not setting the EXA API Key, no matter how many times I executed the Setx command. Ended up hardcoding it and that worked.

Thanks for the input. I have been playing around with Agentic FXs for a bit now and love what PhiData is doing! Great product.

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