I had an issue accessing the Anthropic API. It was giving me 401 error.

anthropic.AuthenticationError: Error code: 401 - {'type': 'error', 'error': {'type': 'authentication_error', 'message': 'invalid x-api-key'}}

I generated a fresh API KEY, and it didn't work either.

I had an issue accessing the Anthropic API. It was giving me 401 error.

anthropic.AuthenticationError: Error code: 401 - {'type': 'error', 'error': {'type': 'authentication_error', 'message': 'invalid x-api-key'}}

I generated a fresh API KEY, and it didn't work either.

• python
• large-language-model
• anthropic

1 Answer 1

Running the following code block in a Python Notebook gave me a detailed message about the error. Then, I realized that I needed to add credits or payment methods. After loading some credits using a credit card, it started working