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AI: Diagnosing an Ask Failure

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

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import { Ai, JsonObject, StringBuilder } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const ai = new Ai();

  // The provider can be "openai", "google", "claude", "deepseek", "xai", or "perplexity".
  // Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
  ai.provider = 'openai';

  // In this case, we're going to cause an intentional failure by using an invalid API key.
  ai.apiKey = 'sk-11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111k';

  // Choose a model.
  ai.model = 'gpt-5.6-terra';

  // Add a text input.
  ai.inputAddText('Say Hello.');

  // Ask the AI for text output.
  try {
    await ai.askAsync('text');
  } catch {
    // If the response status code equals 0, it means the error occurred before receiving the HTTP response.
    // For this case look at the LastErrorText.
    if (ai.responseStatusCode === 0) {
      console.log(ai.lastErrorText);
    } else {
      // If we received an error response, the status code will be >= 400.
      // (Ask would've returned true if the response status code was 200.)
      console.log(`Response status code: ${ai.responseStatusCode}`);

      // The error response (JSON) is available in the LastJsonData.
      const json = new JsonObject();
      json.emitCompact = false;
      ai.getLastJsonData(json);
      console.log(json.emit());

      // 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"
      //   }
      // }
    }

    return;
  }

  // Get the text response.
  const sbResponse = new StringBuilder();
  ai.getOutputTextSb(sbResponse);
  console.log(sbResponse.getAsString());
}