diff --git a/build/lib/litellm/main.py b/build/lib/litellm/main.py
index a90c9bf81f..55d5608141 100644
--- a/build/lib/litellm/main.py
+++ b/build/lib/litellm/main.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def completion(
     temperature=1, top_p=1, n=1, stream=False, stop=None, max_tokens=float('inf'),
     presence_penalty=0, frequency_penalty=0, logit_bias={}, user="",
     # Optional liteLLM function params
-    *, force_timeout=60, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False
+    *, api_key=None, force_timeout=60, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False
   ):
   try:
     # check if user passed in any of the OpenAI optional params
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def completion(
       openai.api_type = "azure"
       openai.api_base = os.environ.get("AZURE_API_BASE")
       openai.api_version = os.environ.get("AZURE_API_VERSION")
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("AZURE_API_KEY")
+      openai.api_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("AZURE_API_KEY")
       ## LOGGING
       logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
       ## COMPLETION CALL
@@ -90,10 +90,9 @@ def completion(
       openai.api_type = "openai"
       openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
       openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+      openai.api_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
       ## LOGGING
       logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
-
       ## COMPLETION CALL
       response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
         model=model,
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ def completion(
       openai.api_type = "openai"
       openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
       openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+      openai.api_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
       prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
       ## LOGGING
       logging(model=model, input=prompt, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
@@ -119,6 +118,8 @@ def completion(
       if not os.environ.get("REPLICATE_API_TOKEN") and os.environ.get("REPLICATE_API_KEY"):
         replicate_api_token = os.environ.get("REPLICATE_API_KEY")
         os.environ["REPLICATE_API_TOKEN"] = replicate_api_token
+      elif api_key:
+         os.environ["REPLICATE_API_TOKEN"] = api_key
       prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
       input = {"prompt": prompt}
       if max_tokens != float('inf'):
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ def completion(
       response = new_response
     elif model in litellm.anthropic_models:
       #anthropic defaults to os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")
+      if api_key:
+         os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] = api_key
       prompt = f"{HUMAN_PROMPT}" 
       for message in messages:
         if "role" in message:
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ def completion(
       print_verbose(f"new response: {new_response}")
       response = new_response
     elif model in litellm.cohere_models:
-      cohere_key = os.environ.get("COHERE_API_KEY")
+      cohere_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("COHERE_API_KEY")
       co = cohere.Client(cohere_key)
       prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
       ## LOGGING
@@ -210,32 +213,6 @@ def completion(
           ],
       }
       response = new_response
-
-    elif model in litellm.open_ai_chat_completion_models:
-      openai.api_type = "openai"
-      openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
-      openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
-      ## LOGGING
-      logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
-      ## COMPLETION CALL
-      response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
-          model=model,
-          messages = messages
-      )
-    elif model in litellm.open_ai_text_completion_models:
-      openai.api_type = "openai"
-      openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
-      openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
-      prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
-      ## LOGGING
-      logging(model=model, input=prompt, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
-      ## COMPLETION CALL
-      response = openai.Completion.create(
-          model=model,
-          prompt = prompt
-      )
     else: 
       logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
       args = locals()
diff --git a/dist/litellm-0.1.217.tar.gz b/dist/litellm-0.1.217.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 32b5dbbc18..0000000000
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diff --git a/dist/litellm-0.1.217-py3-none-any.whl b/dist/litellm-0.1.218-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 51%
rename from dist/litellm-0.1.217-py3-none-any.whl
rename to dist/litellm-0.1.218-py3-none-any.whl
index 2c1ae431be..3e95ae9de5 100644
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diff --git a/dist/litellm-0.1.218.tar.gz b/dist/litellm-0.1.218.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a42de6be56
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diff --git a/litellm.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/litellm.egg-info/PKG-INFO
index dbd732c960..0eecc0821c 100644
--- a/litellm.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/litellm.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: litellm
-Version: 0.1.217
+Version: 0.1.218
 Summary: Library to easily interface with LLM API providers
 Author: BerriAI
 License-File: LICENSE
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index a90c9bf81f..55d5608141 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def completion(
     temperature=1, top_p=1, n=1, stream=False, stop=None, max_tokens=float('inf'),
     presence_penalty=0, frequency_penalty=0, logit_bias={}, user="",
     # Optional liteLLM function params
-    *, force_timeout=60, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False
+    *, api_key=None, force_timeout=60, azure=False, logger_fn=None, verbose=False
   ):
   try:
     # check if user passed in any of the OpenAI optional params
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def completion(
       openai.api_type = "azure"
       openai.api_base = os.environ.get("AZURE_API_BASE")
       openai.api_version = os.environ.get("AZURE_API_VERSION")
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("AZURE_API_KEY")
+      openai.api_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("AZURE_API_KEY")
       ## LOGGING
       logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
       ## COMPLETION CALL
@@ -90,10 +90,9 @@ def completion(
       openai.api_type = "openai"
       openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
       openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+      openai.api_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
       ## LOGGING
       logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
-
       ## COMPLETION CALL
       response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
         model=model,
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ def completion(
       openai.api_type = "openai"
       openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
       openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+      openai.api_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
       prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
       ## LOGGING
       logging(model=model, input=prompt, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
@@ -119,6 +118,8 @@ def completion(
       if not os.environ.get("REPLICATE_API_TOKEN") and os.environ.get("REPLICATE_API_KEY"):
         replicate_api_token = os.environ.get("REPLICATE_API_KEY")
         os.environ["REPLICATE_API_TOKEN"] = replicate_api_token
+      elif api_key:
+         os.environ["REPLICATE_API_TOKEN"] = api_key
       prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
       input = {"prompt": prompt}
       if max_tokens != float('inf'):
@@ -148,6 +149,8 @@ def completion(
       response = new_response
     elif model in litellm.anthropic_models:
       #anthropic defaults to os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")
+      if api_key:
+         os.environ["ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"] = api_key
       prompt = f"{HUMAN_PROMPT}" 
       for message in messages:
         if "role" in message:
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ def completion(
       print_verbose(f"new response: {new_response}")
       response = new_response
     elif model in litellm.cohere_models:
-      cohere_key = os.environ.get("COHERE_API_KEY")
+      cohere_key = api_key if api_key is not None else os.environ.get("COHERE_API_KEY")
       co = cohere.Client(cohere_key)
       prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
       ## LOGGING
@@ -210,32 +213,6 @@ def completion(
           ],
       }
       response = new_response
-
-    elif model in litellm.open_ai_chat_completion_models:
-      openai.api_type = "openai"
-      openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
-      openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
-      ## LOGGING
-      logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
-      ## COMPLETION CALL
-      response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
-          model=model,
-          messages = messages
-      )
-    elif model in litellm.open_ai_text_completion_models:
-      openai.api_type = "openai"
-      openai.api_base = "https://api.openai.com/v1"
-      openai.api_version = None
-      openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
-      prompt = " ".join([message["content"] for message in messages])
-      ## LOGGING
-      logging(model=model, input=prompt, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
-      ## COMPLETION CALL
-      response = openai.Completion.create(
-          model=model,
-          prompt = prompt
-      )
     else: 
       logging(model=model, input=messages, azure=azure, logger_fn=logger_fn)
       args = locals()
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_api_key_param.py b/litellm/tests/test_api_key_param.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7094306fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_api_key_param.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#### What this tests ####
+#    This tests the ability to set api key's via the params instead of as environment variables
+
+import sys, os
+import traceback
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../..'))  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+import litellm
+from litellm import embedding, completion
+
+litellm.set_verbose = False
+
+def logger_fn(model_call_object: dict):
+    print(f"model call details: {model_call_object}")
+
+user_message = "Hello, how are you?"
+messages = [{ "content": user_message,"role": "user"}]
+
+temp_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "bad-key"
+# test on openai completion call 
+try:
+    response = completion(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages, logger_fn=logger_fn, api_key=temp_key)
+except:
+    print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}") 
+    pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_logging.py b/litellm/tests/test_logging.py
index dbacf8b472..d7b0d828d3 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_logging.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_logging.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ messages = [{ "content": user_message,"role": "user"}]
 
 # test on openai completion call 
 try:
-    response = completion(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages)
+    response = completion(model="gpt-3.5-turbo", messages=messages, logger_fn=logger_fn)
     score +=1 
 except:
     print(f"error occurred: {traceback.format_exc()}") 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 300d026486..65fa06162e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 setup(
     name='litellm',
-    version='0.1.217',
+    version='0.1.218',
     description='Library to easily interface with LLM API providers',
     author='BerriAI',
     packages=[