# API Key is showing error

**URL:** <https://forum.convai.com/t/api-key-is-showing-error/5582>\
**Category:** Unity SDK\
**Tags:** question, unity\
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/api-key-is-showing-error/5582 "2025-12-20T09:48:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mosestclarkjr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/mosestclarkjr/32/6197_2.png) [@mosestclarkjr](https://forum.convai.com/u/mosestclarkjr)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/api-key-is-showing-error/5582/1 "2025-12-20T09:48:59Z")

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I received my API Key from OpenAI and when I tried to register on Unity Editor it rejected my API Key and said something went wrong contact support.

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**Author:** ![K3](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.convai.com/k3/32/2611_2.png) [@K3](https://forum.convai.com/u/K3)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/api-key-is-showing-error/5582/4 "2025-12-20T10:26:38Z")

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**Welcome to the Convai Developer Forum!**

In the Unity plugin, you need to use your **Convai API Key** , not your OpenAI API key.

[https://docs.convai.com/api-docs/plugins-and-integrations/unity-plugin/setting-up-unity-plugin](https://docs.convai.com/api-docs/plugins-and-integrations/unity-plugin/setting-up-unity-plugin)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/uploads/convai/original/1X/e60ef96aa7334c5ccf6682f6c6dbc20fcfa96b49.png) [@system](https://forum.convai.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.convai.com/t/api-key-is-showing-error/5582/5 "2026-02-03T11:57:15Z")

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