python-openaiHow to make a request to OpenAI's API in Python?

Making a request to OpenAI's API in Python is easy and straightforward. The following example code block shows how to make a request to the API using the requests library:

import requests

url = 'https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/davinci/completions'

data = {
  "prompt": "The quick brown fox",
  "max_tokens": 50
}

headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

The output of the example code is:

{
  "id": "davinci_<SOME_ID>",
  "object": "text_completion",
  "choices": [
    {
      "text": "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.",
      "index": 0,
      "logprobs": [
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945,
        -4.945
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Code explanation

1. import requests: This imports the requests library which is used to make the API request.
2. url = 'https://api.openai.com/v1/engines/davinci/completions': This sets the URL of the API endpoint.
3. data = { "prompt": "The quick brown fox", "max_tokens": 50 }: This sets the data to be sent in the request body.
4. headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>" }: This sets the headers of the request.
5. response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers): This makes the API request using the requests.post() method.
6. print(response.json()): This prints the response from the API.

For more information, please refer to the OpenAI API documentation. Also check Quick start guide for OpenAI API and Python.

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