chore(ai_services): pr notes on api_key value exception

src/pipecat/services/ai_services.py

@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@
 
 
 class AIService(FrameProcessor):
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *, require_api_key: bool = True, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self._require_api_key: bool = True
         self._api_key: str = ""
         self._model_name: str = ""
         self._settings: Dict[str, Any] = {}
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ def set_model_name(self, model: str):
 
     async def start(self, frame: StartFrame):
         if self._require_api_key and not self._api_key:
-            raise Exception(f"{self}: Error: No api_key value found.")
+            raise Exception(f"{self}: Error: No api_key value provided.")
         else:
             pass
 

src/pipecat/services/moondream.py

@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ class MoondreamService(VisionService):
     def __init__(
         self, *, model="vikhyatk/moondream2", revision="2024-08-26", use_cpu=False, **kwargs
     ):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self._require_api_key = False
+        super().__init__(require_api_key = False, **kwargs)
 
         self.set_model_name(model)
 

src/pipecat/services/whisper.py

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ def __init__(
         no_speech_prob: float = 0.4,
         **kwargs,
     ):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self._require_api_key = False
+        super().__init__(require_api_key = False, **kwargs)
         self._device: str = device
         self._compute_type = compute_type
         self.set_model_name(model if isinstance(model, str) else model.value)

src/pipecat/services/xtts.py

@@ -79,8 +79,7 @@ def __init__(
         sample_rate: int = 24000,
         **kwargs,
     ):
-        super().__init__(sample_rate=sample_rate, **kwargs)
-        self._require_api_key = False
+        super().__init__(require_api_key = False, sample_rate=sample_rate, **kwargs)
 
         self._settings = {
             "language": self.language_to_service_language(language),