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Referencing a Pre-Uploaded Image File by file_id in an AI Request

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Currently, OpenAI is the only AI provider that supports referencing a pre-uploaded image in a request for text generation.

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llSuccess = .F.

llSuccess = .F.

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loAi = createobject("CkAi")

// OpenAI is currently the only AI provider that supports referencing a pre-uploaded image by file_id
// in a request for text generation.
loAi.Provider = "openai"

// Use your provider's API key.
loAi.ApiKey = "MY_API_KEY"

// Choose a model.
loAi.Model = "gpt-5-mini"

// See the following example showing how to upload a file
// Upload an Image File to an AI Provider

// Use the file_id of the pre-uploaded file.
lcFile_id = "file-5CnBeuFasqNcAfti3cx4Fe"
loAi.InputAddImageFileId(lcFile_id,"application/json")

loAi.InputAddText("What is in this image?")

// Ask the AI for text output.
llSuccess = loAi.Ask("text")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loAi.LastErrorText
    release loAi
    return
endif

// Get the text response.
loSbResponse = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loAi.GetOutputTextSb(loSbResponse)
? loSbResponse.GetAsString()


release loAi
release loSbResponse