{"id":13318,"date":"2025-12-29T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T09:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.d-id.com\/?post_type=af-resource&#038;p=13318"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:42:35","slug":"custom-llm-bring-your-openai-api-key","status":"publish","type":"af-resource","link":"https:\/\/www.d-id.com\/resources\/custom-llm-bring-your-openai-api-key\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom LLM: Bring Your OpenAI API Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"c-block c-margin c-margin--top-default c-margin--bottom-default c-padding--top-none c-padding--bottom-none c-paddingm--top-default c-paddingm--bottom-default c-block b-resource-inner b-resource-inner--page-custom-llm-bring-your-openai-api-key  align b-resource-inner-layout-default b-resource-inner--layout-default b-resource-inner-items-3 b-resource-inner-style-default\" id=\"b-resource-inner-1\">\n\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__container b-resource-inner--without-form\">\n\t\t<header class=\"b-resource-inner__head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"b-resource-inner__breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d-id.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\tProduct Updates\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__meta-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t29 December 2025 \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"b-resource-inner__title\">\n\t\t\t\tCustom LLM: Bring Your OpenAI API Key\n\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__share\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-share\">\n\t<ul class=\"c-share__list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-share__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-share__btn c-share__btn-facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.d-id.com%2Fresources%2Fcustom-llm-bring-your-openai-api-key%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-share__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-share__btn c-share__btn-twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.d-id.com%2Fresources%2Fcustom-llm-bring-your-openai-api-key%2F&amp;text=Custom+LLM%3A+Bring+Your+OpenAI+API+Key\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-share__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-share__btn c-share__btn-linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/cws\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.d-id.com%2Fresources%2Fcustom-llm-bring-your-openai-api-key%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on Linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fab fa-linkedin-in\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-share__item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-share__btn c-share__btn-email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Custom+LLM%3A+Bring+Your+OpenAI+API+Key&amp;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.d-id.com%2Fresources%2Fcustom-llm-bring-your-openai-api-key%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on Email\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__entry-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text b-resource-inner__text default\">\n\t\t<p>You can now power your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.d-id.com\/ai-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong data-start=\"66\" data-end=\"81\">D-ID Agents<\/strong><\/a> with <strong data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"114\">your own OpenAI account<\/strong> by connecting an OpenAI API key. We added Custom LLM support so your agents can run on the OpenAI models and configurations you already trust, while giving you direct control over latency (streaming) and context (history length) for better performance and predictability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__entry-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-text b-resource-inner__text default\">\n\t\t<p><strong>What you can do now<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"381\">\n<p data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"381\"><strong data-start=\"326\" data-end=\"356\">Connect directly to OpenAI<\/strong> using your own API key<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"382\" data-end=\"473\">\n<p data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"473\"><strong data-start=\"384\" data-end=\"414\">Choose any supported model<\/strong>, including your preferred variants and fine-tuned models<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"534\">\n<p data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"534\"><strong data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"496\">Enable streaming<\/strong> for faster, lower-latency responses<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"606\">\n<p data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"606\"><strong data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"578\">Control how much conversation history<\/strong> is sent with each request<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"b-resource-inner__entry-buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-button-collection\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-button-collection__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/studio.d-id.com\" class=\"c-link btn c-button c-button btn-arrow btn-primary\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Try it out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\n\tTry it out\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"14\" height=\"15\" viewBox=\"0 0 14 15\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t\t\t<path d=\"M1.30225 13.0525H12.2991V2.05567\" stroke=\"#FF882E\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n\t\t\t<line y1=\"-1\" x2=\"16.3571\" y2=\"-1\" transform=\"matrix(-0.707107 -0.707107 -0.707107 0.707107 11.5664 13.9443)\" stroke=\"#FF882E\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/>\n\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":13325,"parent":0,"template":"","af-resource-category":[218],"class_list":["post-13318","af-resource","type-af-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","af-resource-category-product-updates"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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