# Getting 404 error when trying to use NIM API (Function not found for account)

**URL:** <https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/getting-404-error-when-trying-to-use-nim-api-function-not-found-for-account/384928>\
**Category:** Access/Accounts\
**Tags:** nim\
**Created:** [October 3, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/getting-404-error-when-trying-to-use-nim-api-function-not-found-for-account/384928 "2026-10-03T10:58:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![harshadnarkhede](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/harshadnarkhede/32/543161_2.png) [@harshadnarkhede](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/harshadnarkhede)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/getting-404-error-when-trying-to-use-nim-api-function-not-found-for-account/384928/1 "2026-10-03T10:58:55Z")

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I’m trying to use the NVIDIA NIM API for personal development inside my VS code editor, but my requests keep getting blocked with a 404 error saying the function isn’t found for my account.

error:

Sorry, your request failed. Please try again.

Client Request Id:

Reason: Failed to get response from the AI model; retried 5 times (total retry wait time: 15.71 seconds) Last error: 502 NVIDIA NIM API error: 404 Not Found {“status”:404,“title”:“Not Found”,“detail”:“Function ‘b0fcd392-e905-4ab4-8eb9-aeae95c30b37’: Not found for account ‘HEEWSIemZJl2sWH5Uf4c-NHCZeKgkDlznpCPEIfWEJk’”}

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**Author:** ![freddie.colt520](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@freddie.colt520](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/freddie.colt520)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/getting-404-error-when-trying-to-use-nim-api-function-not-found-for-account/384928/2 "2026-10-08T04:43:02Z")

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I’m getting the same error. I have tried with multiple api keys and the error persist

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**Author:** ![saciguminao](https://developer.download.nvidia.com/images/forums/profile-default-devtalk-84.png) [@saciguminao](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/saciguminao)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/getting-404-error-when-trying-to-use-nim-api-function-not-found-for-account/384928/3 "2026-10-08T10:55:31Z")

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Getting the same error here. Any fix?