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@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@ By default requests time out after 10 minutes. You can configure this with a `ti
 which accepts a float or an [`httpx.Timeout`](https://www.python-httpx.org/advanced/timeouts/#fine-tuning-the-configuration) object:
 
 ```python
+import httpx
 from openai import OpenAI
 
 # Configure the default for all requests: