# 401 - but my API key should be valid

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/401-but-my-api-key-should-be-valid/169191 "2025-10-15T21:43:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 16, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/401-but-my-api-key-should-be-valid/169191/5 "2025-10-16T22:42:13Z")

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Can you please double check that your code snippet looks like this: [zai-org/GLM-4.6 · Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.6?inference_api=true&inference_provider=auto&language=sh&client=curl)? (You can find this on the [model page](https://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.6) by clicking Deploy \> Inference Providers)

Check out our guide here as well: [Inference Providers](https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/index#http--curl) .

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