local API key

app.py

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import gradio as gr
 from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
+import os
 
-"""
-For more information on `huggingface_hub` Inference API support, please check the docs: https://huggingface.co/docs/huggingface_hub/v0.22.2/en/guides/inference
-"""
-client = InferenceClient("microsoft/Phi-4-mini-instruct")
-
+HF_API_KEY = os.getenv("HF_API_KEY")
+client = InferenceClient("microsoft/Phi-4-mini-instruct", token=HF_API_KEY)
 
 def respond(
     message,