(Go) OpenAI (ChatGTP) Retrieve File Content

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Demonstrate how to retrieve the content of a file from OpenAI. Shows how to download to a file, or instead download to a string in memory.

For more information, see https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/files/retrieve-content

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

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()
    var success bool

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" header.
    // This is NOT a real key.  Change the "sk-vi...." to your own key.
    http.SetAuthToken("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")

    file_id := "file-1H4vJq0H775gQVrjWY5jpp15"

    // Download to local file.
    url := "https://api.openai.com/v1/files/{$file_id}/content"
    http.SetUrlVar("file_id",file_id)

    // Note: Free accounts are not able to download files.
    // If using a free account, you'll receive an error response:  "To help mitigate abuse, downloading of fine-tune training files is disabled for free accounts."
    success = http.Download(url,"c:/aaworkarea/mydata.jsonl")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        fmt.Println("Failed")
        http.DisposeHttp()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Downloaded OpenAI file to a local file.")

    // Alternatively, download into a StringBuilder
    sbData := chilkat.NewStringBuilder()
    success = http.DownloadSb(url,sbData,"utf-8")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        fmt.Println("Failed")
        http.DisposeHttp()
        sbData.DisposeStringBuilder()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Downloaded OpenAI file to a StringBuilder")

    fmt.Println("file content:")
    fmt.Println(*sbData.GetAsString())

    http.DisposeHttp()
    sbData.DisposeStringBuilder()