Debug OpenAI API key issue

app.py

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ def openai_create(prompt, openai_api_key):
     print("gpt_temperature: ", gpt_temperature)
     print("in openai_create openai_api_key: ", openai_api_key)
 
-    os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = openai_api_key
+    #os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = openai_api_key
+    openai.api_key = openai_api_key
     response = openai.Completion.create(
+
         model="text-davinci-003",
         prompt=prompt,
         temperature=gpt_temperature,
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ def openai_create(prompt, openai_api_key):
         frequency_penalty=0,
         presence_penalty=0
     )
-    os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = ""
+    #os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = ""
 
     return response.choices[0].text