How to: Create an OpenAi API key

To create search terms for eBay items, ChatGPT from OpenAi can be used. To do this, an API key must be created at OpenAi, Organization ID must be found and stored in our software.

Creating the API key and finding Organization ID

  1. Log in to your OpenAi account, if you don't have an OpenAi account yet, you have to register first.

1.1 Please go to the OpenAI API page and open the ‘Products’ tab.

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1.2 In the ‘Products’ tab, please select API login and log in or register on the website.

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1.3 After logging in, please select the link to the API page

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  1. Organization ID finden

Switch to the settings overview (click on the cog), then select General in the sidebar menu. In General you will find Organisation ID.

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  1. Switch to the overview of the dashboard.

Click on the Dashboard button at the top right and select API keys from the menu in the sidebar.

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  1. Create the API key

4.1 Click on Create new secret key.

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4.2 In the following small window you can give the API key to be created an optional name. After you have given the name, click Create secret key.

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4.3 The newly created API key is displayed. Please copy it.

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**Attention: The API key will only be displayed once, if you do not copy the API key, you will not be able to see the API key again, you would have to create a new API key!

Store the API key in the eSagu software

After you have created and copied the API key, you only have to deposit it in the eSagu software.

To do this, log into your eSagu account and select the ebay shop in the navigation on the left where you want to store the API key and Organization ID.

Strategy > Item search > OpenAi account.

Copy the API-Key and "Organization ID" into the corresponding fields and confirm with Save.

Store the API key in the eSagu software