DataFlex

AI: Diagnosing an Ask Failure

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Demonstrates how to get information about why a request to the AI provider failed. DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoAi
    Variant vJson
    Handle hoJson
    Variant vSbResponse
    Handle hoSbResponse
    String sTemp1
    Integer iTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

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

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatAi)) To hoAi
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoAi))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoAi
    End

    // The provider can be "openai", "google", "claude", "deepseek", "xai", or "perplexity".
    // Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
    Set ComProvider Of hoAi To "openai"

    // In this case, we're going to cause an intentional failure by using an invalid API key.
    Set ComApiKey Of hoAi To "sk-11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111k"

    // Choose a model.
    Set ComModel Of hoAi To "gpt-4o"

    // Add a text input.
    Get ComInputAddText Of hoAi "Say Hello." To iSuccess

    // Ask the AI for text output.
    Get ComAsk Of hoAi "text" To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        // If the response status code equals 0, it means the error occurred before receiving the HTTP response.
        // For this case look at the LastErrorText.
        Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoAi To iTemp1
        If (iTemp1 = 0) Begin
            Get ComLastErrorText Of hoAi To sTemp1
            Showln sTemp1
        End
        Else Begin
            // If we received an error response, the status code will be >= 400.
            // (Ask would've returned True if the response status code was 200.)
            Get ComResponseStatusCode Of hoAi To iTemp1
            Showln "Response status code: " iTemp1

            // The error response (JSON) is available in the LastJsonData.
            Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatJsonObject)) To hoJson
            If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoJson))) Begin
                Send CreateComObject of hoJson
            End
            Set ComEmitCompact Of hoJson To False
            Get pvComObject of hoJson to vJson
            Send ComGetLastJsonData To hoAi vJson
            Get ComEmit Of hoJson To sTemp1
            Showln sTemp1

            // Sample output:
            // {
            //   "error": {
            //     "message": "Incorrect API key provided: sk-11111***************************************111k. You can find your API key at https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.",
            //     "type": "invalid_request_error",
            //     "param": null,
            //     "code": "invalid_api_key"
            //   }
            // }
        End

        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Get the text response.
    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStringBuilder)) To hoSbResponse
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoSbResponse))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoSbResponse
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoSbResponse to vSbResponse
    Get ComGetOutputTextSb Of hoAi vSbResponse To iSuccess
    Get ComGetAsString Of hoSbResponse To sTemp1
    Showln sTemp1


End_Procedure