First_agent_template issue app.py

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Hi everyone,

I’m new here and currently working on my first agent course. I’m trying to build my first agent, but I’m having some difficulties managing the API key.

I followed the steps outlined in this discussion (ysharma/ChatGPT4 · how to use openai api key?), but I’m still encountering an error.

I put this code at the top

from smolagents import CodeAgent,DuckDuckGoSearchTool, HfApiModel,load_tool,tool
import datetime
import requests
import pytz
import yaml
from tools.final_answer import FinalAnswerTool
from openai import OpenAI
import gradio as gr
import os
api_key = os.getenv(“OPENAI_API_KEY”)
client = OpenAI(api_key=api_key)

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runtime error

Exit code: 1. Reason: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/user/app/app.py”, line 7, in from openai import OpenAI ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘openai’

Container logs:

===== Application Startup at 2025-05-27 16:31:22 =====

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/user/app/app.py", line 7, in <module>
    from openai import OpenAI
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'openai'
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Have you already installed OpenAI?

pip install openai

Let us know if you’re using a Hugging Face Space, Dockerfile, or something else — We can tailor the solution further!

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Handling Spaces Dependencies gives more information about Space dependencies.

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Thanks for your reply.

Currently, I am following the course outline to use the space from Hugging Face.

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If you have space on your base, add the following line to requirements.txt and it should work. If you don’t haverequirements.txt, just create it.

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