def get_APIKey(filename="api_key.txt"):
    """Reads the user API from the api_key.txt file"""
    try:
        with open(filename, "r") as f:
            return f.read().strip()
    except FileNotFoundError:
        print(
            "<api_key.txt> file not found! Please create a txt file called <api_key.txt> and paste your API key in there."
        )