The OpenAI API is a platform that provides developers with access to advanced AI models and tools. It allows developers to interact with the API through HTTP requests from any language, via official Python bindings, an official Node.js library, or a community-maintained library. The API needs an [[OpenAI API key]] for authentication and provides resources, tutorials, API docs, and dynamic examples to help developers get the most out of the platform. < [[Hands-on LLMs]]/[[6 OpenAI API]] > [[OpenAI API key]]