Demo OpenAI API

Create a virtual python environment

• virtualenv -p python3.11 env_name
• python -m venv env_name

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Create a file listing all required dependencies of the Python project

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Install dependencies from requirements.txt:

pip install -r requirements.txt

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How to create an assistant/agent

High Level Components

flowchart LR

A(1. Assustant/Agent)
--> T(2. Thread)
--> M(3. Message)
--> R(4. Run)

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Code Example

# Create an assitant
assistant = client.beta.assistants.create(
    name="Math Tutor",
    instructions="You are a personal math tutor. Write and run code to answer math questions.",
    tools=[{"type": "code_interpreter"}],
    model="gpt-4-1106-preview",
)

# Create a thread
thread = client.beta.threads.create()

# Create a message
message = client.beta.threads.messages.create(
    thread_id=thread.id,
    role="user",
    content="I need to solve the equation `3x + 11 = 14`. Can you help me?",
)

...

# Finally run
run = client.beta.threads.runs.retrieve(thread_id=thread.id, run_id=run.id)

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References:

• OpenAI Assistants API
• OpenAI Python Code Examples
• GPT Guide
• Visit the OpenAI Cookbook for in-depth example API use-cases, as well as code snippets for common tasks.