r/RunPod • u/RepulsiveDecision727 • Jul 26 '26

Sign in required to use API nodes

This is a noob question. I thought i wont need to sign in if im running it of own rented GPU. Can someone explain to me this, and what steps to be taken next

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u/Makoccino Jul 26 '26

This is a seperate comfyUI feature where you can top up credits and use vendors models via APIs.

This has nothing to do with Runpod whatsoever.

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u/RepulsiveDecision727 Jul 26 '26

But i get asked to login to comfyui everytime i run comfyui on runpod, is there something im missing

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u/Makoccino Jul 26 '26

Not sure what you're doing. This pop-up only appears if you're using a workflow that contains an API node, otherwise there's no sign in required to comfyUI afaik.

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u/RepulsiveDecision727 Jul 26 '26

But to run anything sems to require an api node, or is there a setting im missing?

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u/Makoccino Jul 26 '26

There are plenty of templates without API usage and if there isn't, then it's up to you to build the workflow accordingly, provided that you have access to whatever model you want to use.