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Create and setup your API key

Get your Exa API key

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Create a .env file

Create a file called .env in the root of your project and add the following line. 
EXA_API_KEY=your api key without quotes

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Make an API request

Use our python or javascript SDKs, or call the API directly with cURL.
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • cURL
Install the python SDKs with pip. If you want to store your API key in a .env file, make sure to install the dotenv library.
pip install exa-py
pip install openai
pip install python-dotenv
Once you’ve installed the SDKs, create a file called exa.py and add the code below.
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python
from exa_py import Exa
from dotenv import load_dotenv

import os

# Use .env to store your API key or paste it directly into the code
load_dotenv()
exa = Exa(os.getenv('EXA_API_KEY'))

result = exa.search_and_contents(
  "An article about the state of AGI",
  type="auto",
  text=True,
)

print(result)
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