From fe89ae13af46e7ae8ba46e8b507f59a8ca16743e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul Gauthier (aider)" <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 09:58:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Add API key configuration methods for OpenRouter

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 aider/website/_posts/2025-01-28-deepseek-down.md | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/aider/website/_posts/2025-01-28-deepseek-down.md b/aider/website/_posts/2025-01-28-deepseek-down.md
index 2985f2274..df2003d48 100644
--- a/aider/website/_posts/2025-01-28-deepseek-down.md
+++ b/aider/website/_posts/2025-01-28-deepseek-down.md
@@ -29,8 +29,16 @@ The benchmark results below show that several providers offer comparable or bett
 For example, to use OpenRouter:
 
 ```bash
+# Set your API key using environment variables
 export OPENROUTER_API_KEY=<your-key>
 aider --model openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v3
+
+# Or use the --api-key command line option
+aider --model openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v3 --api-key openrouter=<your-key>
+
+# Or add it to .aider.conf.yml in your home directory or project root:
+api-key:
+  - openrouter=<your-key>
 ```
 
 ## Configuring model settings