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To run them in Colab, please follow the special instructions below for technical setup:

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1. Store your API key as a secret

In Google Colab, your API keys can be stored as “secrets” in lieu of storing them in a .env file as you would in other notebook types. For example, you can store your Expected Parrot API key as follows:
Storing API key in Google Colab

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2. Install EDSL

Run the following command in a code cell to install the EDSL package: 
pip install edsl

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3. Access your API key

Run the following code to access your API key in your Colab notebook: 
import os
from google.colab import userdata

os.environ['EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY'] = userdata.get('EXPECTED_PARROT_API_KEY')

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Example Colab code

EDSL methods for creating objects and posting them to the Coop are now available to you in Colab. Here’s a snapshot of how your Colab code might look:
Storing and using API key in Google Colab

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Posting Colab notebooks to Coop

Special instructions for connecting your Google Drive to post Colab notebooks to Coop are available in the Colab Notebooks section.