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Getting a MiniMax API Key Has One Gotcha Nobody Mentions: There Are Two Kinds of Keys

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My first MiniMax API call failed with an authentication error, and I spent longer than I'd like to admit assuming I'd copy-pasted the key wrong. I hadn't. The actual issue was that MiniMax issues two structurally different kinds of API keys depending on how you're planning to pay, and I'd generated…

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  1. 2026-09-10 09:22 · DEV Community — AI
    Getting a MiniMax API Key Has One Gotcha Nobody Mentions: There Are Two Kinds of Keys

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