fix: replace --api-key with --with-api-key in codex login (#4646)

Previously, users could supply their API key directly via:

```shell
codex login --api-key KEY
```

but this has the drawback that `KEY` is more likely to end up in shell
history, can be read from `/proc`, etc.

This PR removes support for `--api-key` and replaces it with
`--with-api-key`, which reads the key from stdin, so either of these are
better options:

```
printenv OPENAI_API_KEY | codex login --with-api-key
codex login --with-api-key < my_key.txt
```

Other CLIs, such as `gh auth login --with-token`, follow the same
practice.
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Michael Bolin authored and GitHub committed 2025-10-03 06:17:31 +00:00
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@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use codex_core::config::ConfigOverrides;
use codex_login::ServerOptions;
use codex_login::run_device_code_login;
use codex_login::run_login_server;
use std::io::IsTerminal;
use std::io::Read;
use std::path::PathBuf;
pub async fn login_with_chatgpt(codex_home: PathBuf) -> std::io::Result<()> {
@@ -56,6 +58,33 @@ pub async fn run_login_with_api_key(
}
}
pub fn read_api_key_from_stdin() -> String {
let mut stdin = std::io::stdin();
if stdin.is_terminal() {
eprintln!(
"--with-api-key expects the API key on stdin. Try piping it, e.g. `printenv OPENAI_API_KEY | codex login --with-api-key`."
);
std::process::exit(1);
}
eprintln!("Reading API key from stdin...");
let mut buffer = String::new();
if let Err(err) = stdin.read_to_string(&mut buffer) {
eprintln!("Failed to read API key from stdin: {err}");
std::process::exit(1);
}
let api_key = buffer.trim().to_string();
if api_key.is_empty() {
eprintln!("No API key provided via stdin.");
std::process::exit(1);
}
api_key
}
/// Login using the OAuth device code flow.
pub async fn run_login_with_device_code(
cli_config_overrides: CliConfigOverrides,