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Prove Stateful Multi-Turn Conversation

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This example is to prove that the 2nd request in a conversation is part of a stateful multi-turn conversation. The 2nd request asks for information provided in the 1st request.

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#include <C_CkAi.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilder.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkAi ai;
    const char *systemMsg;
    const char *developerMsg;
    const char *conversationName;
    HCkStringBuilder sbResponse;
    HCkJsonObject json;

    success = FALSE;

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

    ai = CkAi_Create();

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

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

    //  Choose a model.
    CkAi_putModel(ai,"gemini-2.5-flash");

    //  Create a new conversation to be maintained locally in memory.
    //  If the conversation is the first to be created, it is also automatically selected.
    systemMsg = "You are a helpful assistant";
    developerMsg = "";
    conversationName = "test_conversation";
    CkAi_NewConvo(ai,conversationName,systemMsg,developerMsg);

    //  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Our first request will establish a secret that we'll ask for in the 2nd request.
    //  Add a text input.
    CkAi_InputAddText(ai,"Please remember this: The word I'll ask for later is BlubberFish.  What's the word?");

    //  Ask the AI for text output.
    success = CkAi_Ask(ai,"text");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkAi_lastErrorText(ai));
        CkAi_Dispose(ai);
        return;
    }

    //  Note: The inputs accumulated through one or more calls to Input* methods are cleared when the Ask method returns with success.

    //  Get the text response.
    sbResponse = CkStringBuilder_Create();
    CkAi_GetOutputTextSb(ai,sbResponse);
    printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponse));
    printf("----\n");

    //  Sample output:

    //  The word is **BlubberFish**.

    //  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Let's ask for the word. If this is a stateful conversation, the AI should respond correctly.
    CkAi_InputAddText(ai,"OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?");
    success = CkAi_Ask(ai,"text");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkAi_lastErrorText(ai));
        CkAi_Dispose(ai);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponse);
        return;
    }

    //  Get the text response.
    CkStringBuilder_Clear(sbResponse);
    CkAi_GetOutputTextSb(ai,sbResponse);
    printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponse));

    //  Sample output:

    //  The word is **BlubberFish**.

    //  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  Look at the conversation so far...
    //  
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkAi_ExportConvo(ai,conversationName,json);
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(json));

    //  Note: The conversation transcript format exported and imported by Chilkat is always the OpenAI format,
    //  regardless of the AI provider.  (Chilkat translates the format from OpenAI to whatever is needed by the actual AI provider being used.)

    //  {
    //    "input": [
    //      {
    //        "role": "system",
    //        "content": [
    //          {
    //            "type": "input_text",
    //            "text": "You are a helpful assistant"
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      },
    //      {
    //        "role": "user",
    //        "content": [
    //          {
    //            "type": "input_text",
    //            "text": "Please remember this: The word I'll ask for later is BlubberFish.  What's the word?"
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      },
    //      {
    //        "role": "assistant",
    //        "content": [
    //          {
    //            "type": "output_text",
    //            "text": "The word is **BlubberFish**."
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      },
    //      {
    //        "role": "user",
    //        "content": [
    //          {
    //            "type": "input_text",
    //            "text": "OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?"
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      },
    //      {
    //        "role": "assistant",
    //        "content": [
    //          {
    //            "type": "output_text",
    //            "text": "The word is **BlubberFish**."
    //          }
    //        ]
    //      }
    //    ]
    //  }

    //  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //  If we unselect the conversation, so that no conversation is selected,
    //  then the same query results in the AI not knowing the word.

    CkAi_putSelectedConvo(ai,"");

    CkAi_InputAddText(ai,"OK, I'm going to ask you again, what's the word?");
    success = CkAi_Ask(ai,"text");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkAi_lastErrorText(ai));
        CkAi_Dispose(ai);
        CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponse);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        return;
    }

    //  Get the text response.
    CkStringBuilder_Clear(sbResponse);
    CkAi_GetOutputTextSb(ai,sbResponse);
    printf("%s\n",CkStringBuilder_getAsString(sbResponse));

    //  Sample output:

    //  I apologize, but I don't have the context of our previous interaction or what "the word" you're referring to might be.
    //  Could you please remind me or provide the clue again? I'm ready to help you figure it out!


    CkAi_Dispose(ai);
    CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponse);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);

    }