Get Started with the OpenAI API

Learn how to sign up for an OpenAI account and retrieve the API key of the OpenAI API.

We need to complete a few steps before we can start using the OpenAI API.

Sign up

Visit the registration link and perform the following steps:

  • Enter a valid “Email address” and click “Continue.” It will take you to the next page, where you create a “Password” and click the “Continue” button.

  • You will receive a verification email in your provided email address inbox. Open the received email and click the “Verify email address” link. It will open a new tab.

  • In the new tab, fill in the details under the heading “Tell us about you” and click “Continue.”

  • Next, you would be given a test to verify that the user is not a bot, click “Begin puzzle.”

  • You will be forwarded to a test that will contain challenges. Go through these challenges and click “Submit.”

  • Alternatively, you can also sign up using your Google, Microsoft, or Apple accounts.

You’ll be redirected to the welcome page once the account is created.

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