Update app.py

app.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Loading the ST Model (Whisper)
+import os
 import torch
 from transformers import pipeline
 
@@ -15,10 +16,16 @@ def transcribe(audio):
 from huggingface_hub import HfFolder
 from openai import OpenAI
 
+api_key = os.getenv("API_KEY")
+if api_key is None:
+    raise ValueError("API_KEY is not set in the environment variables.")
+print("API key successfully loaded.")
+
+
 # Initialize OpenAI client for Hugging Face Inference Endpoint
 client = OpenAI(
 	base_url="https://f2iozzwigntrzkve.us-east-1.aws.endpoints.huggingface.cloud/v1/",
-	api_key=f"{HfFolder().get_token()}"
+	api_key=api_key}"
 )