Perl Requires Chilkat v11.2.0+

AI: Simple Stateless Query

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Demonstrates the simplest stateless query: asking an AI to "Say Hello". This query is standalone and not part of a conversation. 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.
$ai->Provider('openai');

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

# Choose a model.
$ai->Model('gpt-5.6-terra');

# Add a text input.
$ai->InputAddText('Say Hello.');

# Ask the AI for text output.
my $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";

# Sample output:
# Hello! How can I assist you today?

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