From 954dd43c17cc4dde498ad90bf31612d3e5e95aa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Priyanshupareek <37779762+Priyanshupareek@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 01:34:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Update browserbase_load_tool.py

---
 .../tools/browserbase_load_tool/browserbase_load_tool.py      | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/crewai_tools/tools/browserbase_load_tool/browserbase_load_tool.py b/src/crewai_tools/tools/browserbase_load_tool/browserbase_load_tool.py
index 0a848fc7b..95e4084fd 100644
--- a/src/crewai_tools/tools/browserbase_load_tool/browserbase_load_tool.py
+++ b/src/crewai_tools/tools/browserbase_load_tool/browserbase_load_tool.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Any, Optional, Type
 import os
+from typing import Any, Optional, Type
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from crewai_tools.tools.base_tool import BaseTool
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class BrowserbaseLoadTool(BaseTool):
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        if not self.api_key:
+            raise EnvironmentError("BROWSERBASE_API_KEY environment variable is required for initialization")
         try:
             from browserbase import Browserbase  # type: ignore
         except ImportError: