Perl

Prove Stateful Multi-Turn Conversation

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This example is to prove that the 2nd request in a conversation is part of a stateful multi-turn conversation. The 2nd request asks for information provided in the 1st request. Perl

use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$ai = chilkat::CkAi->new();

# The provider can be "openai", "google", "claude", "deepseek", "xai", or "perplexity".
# Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
$ai->put_Provider("google");

# Use your provider's API key.
$ai->put_ApiKey("MY_API_KEY");

# Choose a model.
$ai->put_Model("gemini-2.5-flash");

# Create a new conversation to be maintained locally in memory.
# If the conversation is the first to be created, it is also automatically selected.
$systemMsg = "You are a helpful assistant";
$developerMsg = "";
$conversationName = "test_conversation";
$ai->NewConvo($conversationName,$systemMsg,$developerMsg);

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Our first request will establish a secret that we'll ask for in the 2nd request.
# Add a text input.
$ai->InputAddText("Please remember this: The word I'll ask for later is BlubberFish.  What's the word?");

# Ask the AI for text output.
$success = $ai->Ask("text");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ai->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Note: The inputs accumulated through one or more calls to Input* methods are cleared when the Ask method returns with success.

# Get the text response.
$sbResponse = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\r\n";
print "----" . "\r\n";

# Sample output:

# The word is **BlubberFish**.

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Let's ask for the word. If this is a stateful conversation, the AI should respond correctly.
$ai->InputAddText("OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?");
$success = $ai->Ask("text");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ai->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the text response.
$sbResponse->Clear();
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\r\n";

# Sample output:

# The word is **BlubberFish**.

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Look at the conversation so far...
# 
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$ai->ExportConvo($conversationName,$json);
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# Note: The conversation transcript format exported and imported by Chilkat is always the OpenAI format,
# regardless of the AI provider.  (Chilkat translates the format from OpenAI to whatever is needed by the actual AI provider being used.)

# {
#   "input": [
#     {
#       "role": "system",
#       "content": [
#         {
#           "type": "input_text",
#           "text": "You are a helpful assistant"
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     {
#       "role": "user",
#       "content": [
#         {
#           "type": "input_text",
#           "text": "Please remember this: The word I'll ask for later is BlubberFish.  What's the word?"
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     {
#       "role": "assistant",
#       "content": [
#         {
#           "type": "output_text",
#           "text": "The word is **BlubberFish**."
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     {
#       "role": "user",
#       "content": [
#         {
#           "type": "input_text",
#           "text": "OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?"
#         }
#       ]
#     },
#     {
#       "role": "assistant",
#       "content": [
#         {
#           "type": "output_text",
#           "text": "The word is **BlubberFish**."
#         }
#       ]
#     }
#   ]
# }

# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# If we unselect the conversation, so that no conversation is selected,
# then the same query results in the AI not knowing the word.

$ai->put_SelectedConvo("");

$ai->InputAddText("OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?");
$success = $ai->Ask("text");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $ai->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the text response.
$sbResponse->Clear();
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->getAsString() . "\r\n";

# Sample output:

# I apologize, but I don't have the context of our previous interaction or what "the word" you're referring to might be.
# Could you please remind me or provide the clue again? I'm ready to help you figure it out!