Xbase++ Requires Chilkat v11.2.0+

AI: Diagnosing an Ask Failure

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Demonstrates how to get information about why a request to the AI provider failed. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oAi
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oSbResponse

nSuccess := 0

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

oAi := CreateObject("Chilkat.Ai")

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

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

//  Choose a model.
oAi:Model := "gpt-5.6-terra"

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

//  Ask the AI for text output.
nSuccess := oAi:Ask("text")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    //  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 (oAi:ResponseStatusCode == 0)
        ? oAi: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.)
        ? "Response status code: " + Str(oAi:ResponseStatusCode)

        //  The error response (JSON) is available in the LastJsonData.
        oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
        oJson:EmitCompact := 0
        oAi:GetLastJsonData(oJson)
        ? oJson: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"
        //    }
        //  }
    ENDIF

    oAi:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Get the text response.
oSbResponse := CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
oAi:GetOutputTextSb(oSbResponse)
? oSbResponse:GetAsString()

oAi:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oSbResponse:destroy()