Question for open api key

[jinsoo96]

[ ] I checked the documentation and related resources and couldn't find an answer to my question.

I have a question. In my current environment, I cannot use OpenAI API keys. Is there a way to use Ragas with different LLM APIs without using OpenAI API keys?

[sahusiddharth]

Hi @jinsoo96,

Yes, you can. For more details, check our documentation here: Ragas Docs. Alternatively, you can use Langchain to use any model of your choice.

[jinsoo96]

Thank you for your response! However, I understand that using the langchainWrapper feature in ragas, and later generating test sets, requires an OpenAI API key based on my review of ragas' source code.
Is it possible to use different embedding models or LLM models instead?

[jjmachan]

hey @jinsoo96 you might be still using the default LLM or embedding somewhere - did you check out the indepth guide https://docs.ragas.io/en/stable/getstarted/rag_testset_generation/#a-deeper-look. You just have to figure out where you are using the default LLMs and then replace that

[jinsoo96]

The issue is that I cannot import various functions like ragas langchainLLMWrapper in my current cloud development environment due to OpenAI API key transmission errors in the source code.
I'd like to know:

If I want to modify the source code directly (hardcode), which parts should I modify and would this approach be acceptable?
Are there any alternative solutions besides hardcoding?

The main concern is finding a way to use these ragas features without relying on the OpenAI API key requirement, either through source code modification or alternative methods. What would be the best approach to solve this problem?

[jjmachan]

see @jinsoo96 that should not be an issue because we did make sure a while back that ragas works without OpenAI - but maybe this is a bug that has happended too

could you share the code snippets you are trying to run? I'll check this out in detail

[jinsoo96]

I'll check my environment settings again and verify if there are any bugs. Thank you for your thorough responses and helpful answers. Have a great day! :)

[jjmachan]

you too - hope you get this sorted 🙂