(VB.NET) OpenAI (ChatGTP) Retrieve File Content

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Demonstrate how to retrieve the content of a file from OpenAI. Shows how to download to a file, or instead download to a string in memory.

For more information, see https://platform.openai.com/docs/api-reference/files/retrieve-content

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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" header.
' This is NOT a real key.  Change the "sk-vi...." to your own key.
http.AuthToken = "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"

Dim file_id As String = "file-1H4vJq0H775gQVrjWY5jpp15"

' Download to local file.
Dim url As String = "https://api.openai.com/v1/files/{$file_id}/content"
http.SetUrlVar("file_id",file_id)

' Note: Free accounts are not able to download files.
' If using a free account, you'll receive an error response:  "To help mitigate abuse, downloading of fine-tune training files is disabled for free accounts."
success = http.Download(url,"c:/aaworkarea/mydata.jsonl")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed")
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.WriteLine("Downloaded OpenAI file to a local file.")

' Alternatively, download into a StringBuilder
Dim sbData As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.DownloadSb(url,sbData,"utf-8")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed")
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Downloaded OpenAI file to a StringBuilder")

Debug.WriteLine("file content:")
Debug.WriteLine(sbData.GetAsString())