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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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Node.js
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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    success = false;

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

    var ai = new chilkat.Ai();

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

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

    // Choose a model.
    ai.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.
    var file_id = "file-5CnBeuFasqNcAfti3cx4Fe";
    ai.InputAddImageFileId(file_id,"application/json");

    ai.InputAddText("What is in this image?");

    // Ask the AI for text output.
    success = ai.Ask("text");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(ai.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Get the text response.
    var sbResponse = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    ai.GetOutputTextSb(sbResponse);
    console.log(sbResponse.GetAsString());

}

chilkatExample();