Unicode C

Multimodal Input: File Data

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Demonstrates sending a request that includes both text and PDF file data for the AI to analyze.

Note: At the time of writing this example, xAI, Perplexity, and DeepSeek do not have the ability to accept non-image multimodal data or URLs.

Unicode C

#include <C_CkAiW.h>
#include <C_CkBinDataW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkAiW ai;
    HCkBinDataW bd;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponse;

    success = FALSE;

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

    ai = CkAiW_Create();

    //  The provider can be "openai", "google", or "claude".
    //  At the time of writing this example, "deepseek", "xai", and "perplexity" do not have the ability to process non-image multimodal inputs.
    //  Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
    CkAiW_putProvider(ai,L"claude");

    //  Use your provider's API key.
    CkAiW_putApiKey(ai,L"MY_API_KEY");

    //  Choose a model.
    CkAiW_putModel(ai,L"claude-opus-4-1-20250805");

    //  Add both text input, and PDF file data.
    CkAiW_InputAddText(ai,L"What is in this file?");

    bd = CkBinDataW_Create();
    //  We're passing a relative local file path here.. (relative the the app's current working directory)
    success = CkBinDataW_LoadFile(bd,L"qa_data/pdf/shakespeare.pdf");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkBinDataW_lastErrorText(bd));
        CkAiW_Dispose(ai);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    //  Provide the filename in the 1st argument.  The file extension is important to indicate the type of file.
    CkAiW_InputAddFileData(ai,L"shakespeare.pdf",bd,L"");

    //  Ask the AI for text output.
    success = CkAiW_Ask(ai,L"text");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkAiW_lastErrorText(ai));
        CkAiW_Dispose(ai);
        CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
        return;
    }

    //  Get the text response.
    sbResponse = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    CkAiW_GetOutputTextSb(ai,sbResponse);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponse));

    //  -------------------------------------------------------------
    //  The response is in markdown format.
    //  Also see Markdown to HTML Conversion Examples.
    //  -------------------------------------------------------------

    //  Sample output:

    //  This PDF file contains a famous quote from William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". The quote appears twice on the page:
    //  
    //  "These violent delights have violent ends
    //  And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
    //  Which as they kiss consume. The sweetest honey
    //  Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
    //  And in the taste confounds the appetite.
    //  Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;
    //  Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."
    //  
    //  The file also includes a portrait image of William Shakespeare. This particular quote is spoken by Friar Lawrence in the play, warning about the dangers of passionate, 
    //  immoderate love - suggesting that love that burns too intensely tends to burn out quickly, just as fire and gunpowder consume each other when they meet.


    CkAiW_Dispose(ai);
    CkBinDataW_Dispose(bd);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponse);

    }