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Overview

OpenAILLMService provides chat completion capabilities using OpenAI’s API, supporting streaming responses, function calling, vision input, and advanced context management for conversational AI applications with state-of-the-art language models.

OpenAI LLM API Reference

Pipecat’s API methods for OpenAI integration

Example Implementation

Function calling example with weather API

OpenAI Documentation

Official OpenAI API documentation

OpenAI Platform

Access models and manage API keys

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Installation

To use OpenAI services, install the required dependencies: 
pip install "pipecat-ai[openai]"

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Prerequisites

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OpenAI Account Setup

Before using OpenAI LLM services, you need:
  1. OpenAI Account: Sign up at OpenAI Platform
  2. API Key: Generate an API key from your account dashboard
  3. Model Selection: Choose from available models (GPT-4o, GPT-4, GPT-3.5-turbo, etc.)
  4. Usage Limits: Set up billing and usage limits as needed

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Required Environment Variables

  • OPENAI_API_KEY: Your OpenAI API key for authentication