(C) Multimodal Input: File Data

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Note: At the time of writing this example, xAI, Perplexity, and DeepSeek do not have the ability to accept non-image multimodal data or URLs.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.2.0 or greater.

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#include <C_CkAi.h>
#include <C_CkBinData.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkAi ai;
    HCkBinData bd;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponse;

    success = FALSE;

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

    ai = CkAi_Create();

    // The provider can be "openai", "google", or "claude".
    // At the time of writing this example, "deepseek", "xai", and "perplexity" do not have the ability to process non-image multimodal inputs.
    // Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
    CkAi_putProvider(ai,"claude");

    // Use your provider's API key.
    CkAi_putApiKey(ai,"MY_API_KEY");

    // Choose a model.
    CkAi_putModel(ai,"claude-opus-4-1-20250805");

    // Add both text input, and PDF file data.
    CkAi_InputAddText(ai,"What is in this file?");

    bd = CkBinData_Create();
    // We're passing a relative local file path here.. (relative the the app's current working directory)
    success = CkBinData_LoadFile(bd,"qa_data/pdf/shakespeare.pdf");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkBinData_lastErrorText(bd));
        CkAi_Dispose(ai);
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    // Provide the filename in the 1st argument.  The file extension is important to indicate the type of file.
    CkAi_InputAddFileData(ai,"shakespeare.pdf",bd,"");

    // Ask the AI for text output.
    success = CkAi_Ask(ai,"text");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkAi_lastErrorText(ai));
        CkAi_Dispose(ai);
        CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    // Get the text response.
    sbResponse = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkAi_GetOutputTextSb(ai,sbResponse);
    printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponse));

    // -------------------------------------------------------------
    // The response is in markdown format.
    // Also see Markdown to HTML Conversion Examples.
    // -------------------------------------------------------------

    // Sample output:

    // This PDF file contains a famous quote from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". The quote appears twice on the page:
    // 
    // "These violent delights have violent ends
    // And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
    // Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
    // Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
    // And in the taste confounds the appetite.
    // Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
    // Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."
    // 
    // The file also includes a portrait image of William Shakespeare. This particular quote is spoken by Friar Lawrence in the play, warning about the dangers of passionate, 
    // immoderate love - suggesting that love that burns too intensely tends to burn out quickly, just as fire and gunpowder consume each other when they meet.


    CkAi_Dispose(ai);
    CkBinData_Dispose(bd);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponse);

    }