Zig Requires Chilkat v11.2.0+

AI: Diagnosing an Ask Failure

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

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

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

    const ai = try chilkat.Ai.init();
    defer ai.deinit();

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

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

    // Choose a model.
    ai.setModel("gpt-5.6-terra");

    // Add a text input.
    ai.inputAddText("Say Hello.") catch {};

    // Ask the AI for text output.
    ai.ask("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.getResponseStatusCode() == 0) {
            std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try ai.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        } 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.)
            std.debug.print("Response status code: {d}\n", .{ai.getResponseStatusCode()});

            // The error response (JSON) is available in the LastJsonData.
            const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
            defer json.deinit();
            json.setEmitCompact(false);
            ai.getLastJsonData(json);
            std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.emit(alloc)});

            // 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 sb_response = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_response.deinit();
    ai.getOutputTextSb(sb_response) catch {};
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb_response.getAsString(alloc)});
}