Exa Hello World

Overview

Minimal working example demonstrating core Exa functionality.

Prerequisites

• Completed exa-install-auth setup
• Valid API credentials configured
• Development environment ready

Instructions

Step 1: Create Entry File

Create a new file for your hello world example.

Step 2: Import and Initialize Client

import { ExaClient } from '@exa/sdk';

const client = new ExaClient({
  apiKey: process.env.EXA_API_KEY,
});

Step 3: Make Your First API Call

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Output

• Working code file with Exa client initialization
• Successful API response confirming connection
• Console output showing:

Success! Your Exa connection is working.

Error Handling

| Error | Cause | Solution | |-------|-------|----------| | Import Error | SDK not installed | Verify with npm list or pip show | | Auth Error | Invalid credentials | Check environment variable is set | | Timeout | Network issues | Increase timeout or check connectivity | | Rate Limit | Too many requests | Wait and retry with exponential backoff |

Examples

TypeScript Example

import { ExaClient } from '@exa/sdk';

const client = new ExaClient({
  apiKey: process.env.EXA_API_KEY,
});

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Python Example

from exa import ExaClient

client = ExaClient()

# Your first API call here

Resources

• Exa Getting Started
• Exa API Reference
• Exa Examples

Next Steps

Proceed to exa-local-dev-loop for development workflow setup.