From 9b7cf21de70aeb4616c2eeed717e2379d4208eda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ishaan Jaff <ishaanjaffer0324@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 11:55:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

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 README.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 488c211b8..955d6a62d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ pip install litellm
 
 ```python
 from litellm import completion
+import os
+
+# set API keys
+os.environ['OPENAI_API_KEY'] = "<your key>"
 
 messages = [{ "content": "Hello, how are you?","role": "user"}]