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Update Model Client Docs to Mention API Key from Environment Variables (#5515)
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Adds the following blurb to the model clients docs

## API Keys From Environment Variables

In the examples above, we show that you can provide the API key through
the `api_key` argument. Importantly, the OpenAI and Azure OpenAI clients
use the [openai
package](3f8d8205ae/src/openai/__init__.py (L260)),
which will automatically read an api key from the environment variable
if one is not provided.

- For OpenAI, you can set the `OPENAI_API_KEY` environment variable.  
- For Azure OpenAI, you can set the `AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY` environment
variable.

This is a good practice to explore, as it avoids including sensitive api
keys in your code.



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