diff --git a/aider/website/docs/config/api-keys.md b/aider/website/docs/config/api-keys.md index e79067232..f353579f1 100644 --- a/aider/website/docs/config/api-keys.md +++ b/aider/website/docs/config/api-keys.md @@ -13,24 +13,23 @@ Aider lets you specify API keys in a few ways: - In a `.env` file - In your `.aider.conf.yml` config file -### OpenAI and Anthropic +--- + +## OpenAI and Anthropic Aider has special support for providing OpenAI and Anthropic API keys via dedicated switches and configuration options. Settings keys for other providers works a bit differently, see below. +#### Command line + You can set OpenAI and Anthropic API keys via [command line switches](/docs/config/options.html#api-keys-and-settings) `--openai-api-key` and `--anthropic-api-key`. -You can also set those API keys via special entries in the -[yaml config file](/docs/config/aider_conf.html), like this: -```yaml -openai-api-key: -anthropic-api-key: -``` +#### Environment variables or .env file You can also store them in environment variables or a [.env file](/docs/config/dotenv.html), which also works @@ -41,16 +40,43 @@ OPENAI_API_KEY= ANTHROPIC_API_KEY= ``` +#### Yaml config file +You can also set those API keys via special entries in the +[yaml config file](/docs/config/aider_conf.html), like this: + +```yaml +openai-api-key: +anthropic-api-key: +``` + + +--- + +## Other API providers + All other LLM providers can use one of these other methods to set their API keys. -### API keys on the command line +#### Command line {: .no_toc } Use `--api-key provider=` which has the effect of setting the environment variable `PROVIDER_API_KEY=`. So `--api-key gemini=xxx` would set `GEMINI_API_KEY=xxx`. -### API keys in .aider.conf.yml +#### Environment variables or .env file {: .no_toc } +You can set API keys in environment variables. +The [.env file](/docs/config/dotenv.html) +is a great place to store your API keys and other provider API environment variables: + +```bash +GEMINI_API_KEY=foo +OPENROUTER_API_KEY=bar +DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=baz +``` + +#### Yaml config file + + You can also set API keys in the [`.aider.conf.yml` file](/docs/config/aider_conf.html) via the `api-key` entry: @@ -62,14 +88,3 @@ api-key: - deepseek=baz # Sets env var DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=baz ``` -### API keys in a .env file -{: .no_toc } - -The [.env file](/docs/config/dotenv.html) -is a great place to set API keys and other provider API environment variables: - -```bash -GEMINI_API_KEY=foo -OPENROUTER_API_KEY=bar -DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=baz -```