openai-python: Why do I can't install openai

I had this problem,error: subprocess-exited-with-error, when I installing. How do I install openai?

My python is 3.8 pip is 22.3.1

log:

Collecting openai
  Using cached openai-0.26.2.tar.gz (55 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [17 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "D:\Python\Python38\virtual_envs\open_ai\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 351, in <module>
          main()
        File "D:\Python\Python38\virtual_envs\open_ai\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 333, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
        File "D:\Python\Python38\virtual_envs\open_ai\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return hook(config_settings)
        File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-qcki_ch_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 338, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
        File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-qcki_ch_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 320, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-qcki_ch_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 484, in run_setup
          super(_BuildMetaLegacyBackend,
        File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-qcki_ch_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 335, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 13, in <module>
      UnicodeDecodeError: 'cp950' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 1030: illegal multibyte sequence
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

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Upgrade version of python to Python 3.10 Upgrade pip: pip install --upgrade pip install command: pip3.10 install openai

I can confirm that this works with pip3.8. Problem fixed after upgrading pip.