(Unicode C++) AI: Diagnosing an Ask Failure

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.2.0 or greater.

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#include <CkAiW.h>
#include <CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <CkStringBuilderW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkAiW 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.put_Provider(L"openai");

    // In this case, we're going to cause an intentional failure by using an invalid API key.
    ai.put_ApiKey(L"sk-11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111k");

    // Choose a model.
    ai.put_Model(L"gpt-4o");

    // Add a text input.
    ai.InputAddText(L"Say Hello.");

    // Ask the AI for text output.
    success = ai.Ask(L"text");
    if (success == false) {
        // 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.get_ResponseStatusCode() == 0) {
            wprintf(L"%s\n",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.)
            wprintf(L"Response status code: %d\n",ai.get_ResponseStatusCode());

            // The error response (JSON) is available in the LastJsonData.
            CkJsonObjectW json;
            json.put_EmitCompact(false);
            ai.GetLastJsonData(json);
            wprintf(L"%s\n",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.
    CkStringBuilderW sbResponse;
    ai.GetOutputTextSb(sbResponse);
    wprintf(L"%s\n",sbResponse.getAsString());
    }