(PowerBuilder) AI: Diagnosing an Ask Failure

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.2.0 or greater.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ai
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_SbResponse

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Ai = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Ai.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ai")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Ai
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

// The provider can be "openai", "google", "claude", "deepseek", "xai", or "perplexity".
// Support for additional providers will be added in future versions of Chilkat.
loo_Ai.Provider = "openai"

// In this case, we're going to cause an intentional failure by using an invalid API key.
loo_Ai.ApiKey = "sk-11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111k"

// Choose a model.
loo_Ai.Model = "gpt-4o"

// Add a text input.
loo_Ai.InputAddText("Say Hello.")

// Ask the AI for text output.
li_Success = loo_Ai.Ask("text")
if li_Success = 0 then
    // If the response status code equals 0, it means the error occurred before receiving the HTTP response.
    // For this case look at the LastErrorText.
    if loo_Ai.ResponseStatusCode = 0 then
        Write-Debug loo_Ai.LastErrorText
    else
        // If we received an error response, the status code will be >= 400.
        // (Ask would've returned 1 if the response status code was 200.)
        Write-Debug "Response status code: " + string(loo_Ai.ResponseStatusCode)

        // The error response (JSON) is available in the LastJsonData.
        loo_Json = create oleobject
        li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

        loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
        loo_Ai.GetLastJsonData(loo_Json)
        Write-Debug loo_Json.Emit()

        // Sample output:
        // {
        //   "error": {
        //     "message": "Incorrect API key provided: sk-11111***************************************111k. You can find your API key at https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys.",
        //     "type": "invalid_request_error",
        //     "param": null,
        //     "code": "invalid_api_key"
        //   }
        // }
    end if

    destroy loo_Ai
    destroy loo_Json
    return
end if

// Get the text response.
loo_SbResponse = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbResponse.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Ai.GetOutputTextSb(loo_SbResponse)
Write-Debug loo_SbResponse.GetAsString()


destroy loo_Ai
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_SbResponse