openai saying rate limit exceeded i am using the free account

[Ganesh7331]

the error showing is Traceback (most recent call last): File "d:\college\Auto-YouTube-Shorts-Maker\shorts.py", line 21, in response = openai.Completion.create( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\college\Auto-YouTube-Shorts-Maker.venv\Lib\site-packages\openai\api_resources\completion.py", line 25, in create return super().create(*args, **kwargs) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\college\Auto-YouTube-Shorts-Maker.venv\Lib\site-packages\openai\api_resources\abstract\engine_apiresource.py", line 153, in create response, , api_key = requestor.request( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\college\Auto-YouTube-Shorts-Maker.venv\Lib\site-packages\openai\api_requestor.py", line 298, in request resp, got_stream = self._interpret_response(result, stream) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "D:\college\Auto-YouTube-Shorts-Maker.venv\Lib\site-packages\openai\api_requestor.py", line 700, in _interpret_response self._interpret_response_line( File "D:\college\Auto-YouTube-Shorts-Maker.venv\Lib\site-packages\openai\api_requestor.py", line 763, in _interpret_response_line raise self.handle_error_response( openai.error.RateLimitError: You exceeded your current quota, please check your plan and billing details. For more information on this error, read the docs: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/error-codes/api-errors.

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Hi, the rate limit error just means that you've used up all your free credits that are given in a free account so you would have to pay to OpenAI to get more credits.