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openai-cookbook

Example notebooks and guides for building with the OpenAI API

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Overview

Collection of runnable Jupyter notebooks and guides showing common tasks with the OpenAI API. Most examples are in Python, and the README says the concepts apply to other languages. Running them requires an OpenAI account and an API key set as OPENAI_API_KEY. The guides are also browsable at cookbook.openai.com.

Who it is for: Developers learning to build with the OpenAI API

Strengths

  • Maintained by OpenAI, so examples track the official API
  • Runnable notebooks; API key is read from OPENAI_API_KEY or a .env file
  • Also browsable as a site at cookbook.openai.com
  • MIT license

Weaknesses

  • Requires an OpenAI account and API key; examples do not target local models
  • Most examples are Python only
  • README does not list topics, versions or per-notebook dependencies
  • No tagged releases

What it needs

  • no GPU
  • Needs OpenAI API key, Jupyter
  • Models: OpenAI API models

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