Node.js

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. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    // 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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";

    var file_id = "file-1H4vJq0H775gQVrjWY5jpp15";

    // Download to local file.
    var 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) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        console.log("Failed");
        return;
    }

    console.log("Downloaded OpenAI file to a local file.");

    // Alternatively, download into a StringBuilder
    var sbData = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = http.DownloadSb(url,sbData,"utf-8");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        console.log("Failed");
        return;
    }

    console.log("Downloaded OpenAI file to a StringBuilder");

    console.log("file content:");
    console.log(sbData.GetAsString());

}

chilkatExample();