Hands-On: Your First API Call

With a solid understanding of the OpenAI API and its documentation, we're ready to make our first API call. By "making the first API call," we mean instructing the OpenAI systems to execute a specified task. These tasks can vary, from generating text and answering questions to completing phrases and much more. In this section, we'll look at the steps required to make that first API call, guiding us through our initial interaction with OpenAI. The notion of "communicating" with OpenAI will transition from a mere concept to a tangible skill you'll acquire.

When it comes to OpenAI, the API call is how we interact with the powerful models it offers. We will first make an API call describing our task and in return, the system will process ...