Perl Requires Chilkat v11.2.0+

Multimodal Input: Image Data

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Demonstrates sending a request that includes both text and image data for the AI to analyze. Chilkat2 Perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Chilkat2;

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

my $ai = Chilkat2::Ai->new;

# The provider can be "openai", "google", "claude", "deepseek", "xai", or "perplexity".
# Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
# xAI (Grok) will be used here..
$ai->Provider('xai');

# Use your provider's API key.
$ai->ApiKey('MY_API_KEY');

# Choose a model.
$ai->Model('grok-4.5');

# Add both text input, and image data
$ai->InputAddText('Describe what you see in the following image.');

my $bd = Chilkat2::BinData->new;
# We're passing a relative local file path here.. (relative the the app's current working directory)
my $success = $bd->LoadFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
if (!$success) {
    print $bd->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

$ai->InputAddImageData($bd, '');

# Ask the AI for text output.
$success = $ai->Ask('text');
if (!$success) {
    print $ai->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

# Get the text response.
my $sbResponse = Chilkat2::StringBuilder->new;
$ai->GetOutputTextSb($sbResponse);
print $sbResponse->GetAsString(), "\n";

# -------------------------------------------------------------
# The response is in markdown format.
# Also see Markdown to HTML Conversion Examples.
# -------------------------------------------------------------

# Sample output:

# The image depicts a small, bright orange starfish (also known as a sea star) with five symmetrical arms radiating from a central disc.
# It has a textured, bumpy surface that gives it a realistic, almost spiky appearance, and there's a small hole or indentation at the center,
# which might represent the mouth or a natural feature. The starfish is shown against a plain white background, and it appears to be a simple,
# illustrative or clipart-style graphic rather than a photograph.