python-openaiHow to set up a proxy for OpenAI's API in Python?

Setting up a proxy for OpenAI's API in Python is easy.

import os
os.environ['http_proxy'] = 'http://username:[email protected]:8080'
os.environ['https_proxy'] = 'https://username:[email protected]:8080'

This code sets up the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy with the proxy server address and credentials.

Code explanation

import os: imports the os module which provides functions for interacting with the operating system.
os.environ['http_proxy']: sets the environment variable http_proxy with the proxy server address and credentials.
os.environ['https_proxy']: sets the environment variable https_proxy with the proxy server address and credentials.