How to use my own API key for OpenAI 4.5 model?

Questions
1

How can I set up my own API for OpenAI 4.5? I have read this article, but it seems outdated:Why should I use an OpenAI API key in a Pickaxe?

2

Hi,

This post goes over that the API key settings are now in the settings tab. As far as why to use one, it remains because once your API key is connected, we don’t charge you for usage any further.

3

Thank you. Does this mean that, even with your own API, you cannot use all models without PRO? I cannot select 4.5, for instance.

4

Yes, that is correct

5

I read the post you linked to, but it doesn’t talk about which pickaxe uses which API key. When I first started using pickaxe you could have a separate API key for each pickaxe, but now it appears that the listed API keys in the studio settings are for the whole studio, and any pickaxe could use any api key if it’s set to “use” in that studio - is this correct?

In OpenAI, they allow you to get very granular with the keys so you can keep track of what tool is using the most tokens, but if it’s set up as a “per studio” basis, we won’t really get to see which pickaxe is using the most tokens without more digging. Pun not intended. :laughing: