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OpenAI (ChatGPT) 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.

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_API_KEY" header.
    // This is NOT a real key.  Change the "sk-vi...." to your own key.
    http.put_AuthToken("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");

    String file_id = "file-1H4vJq0H775gQVrjWY5jpp15";

    // Download to local file.
    String url = "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) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        System.out.println("Failed");
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Downloaded OpenAI file to a local file.");

    // Alternatively, download into a StringBuilder
    CkStringBuilder sbData = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = http.DownloadSb(url,sbData,"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(http.lastErrorText());
        System.out.println("Failed");
        return;
        }

    System.out.println("Downloaded OpenAI file to a StringBuilder");

    System.out.println("file content:");
    System.out.println(sbData.getAsString());
  }
}