Principal does not have access to API/Operation
Resolve the Azure OpenAI 'principal does not have access to API' error by assigning the correct RBAC role to your user or application identity.
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By Manish Tiwari
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Principal does not have access to API/Operation
Why?
This issue can occur when you or application does not have correct permissions to use the AI resource.
How to fix?
- Identify which role you want to assign, in our case we will consider Azure Open AI resource and it supports these roles.
- For application, we would recommend Cognitive Services OpenAI User
- Follow this to assign a role
In the Azure portal the fix looks like this: open the Azure OpenAI resource, go to Access control (IAM) > Add role assignment, pick the Cognitive Services OpenAI User role and add your user or app identity as a member:
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