This project uses the Claude API to analyze the image of the Halloween costume and generate a dad joke about the costume. You'll need an Anthropic Console account to follow these steps.
If you don't want to use the Claude API, the project has fallbacks to work without it. You just won't be able to generate custom jokes for each image.
You need to buy API credits before you can generate an API key.
Navigate to https://console.anthropic.com and log into your console account. If you haven't done so, you'll need to add API credits to your account by clicking the "Buy credits" button. The project is designed to use a minimal number of credits, you shouldn't need more than $1 to $2.
After adding credits, you can click the Get API Key button.
This brings you to the API keys page. Click the + Create Key button.
You cannot view your API key again after closing the "Save your API key" window! Make sure you copy the key and save it somewhere safe.
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