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OpenAI API Coding with Python

Leverage the OpenAI API within your Python code. Learn to import OpenAI modules, use chat completion methods, and craft effective prompts.

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  • Skill level

    Intermediate
  • Time to complete

    Average based on combined completion rates — individual pacing in lessons, projects, and quizzes may vary
     
    1 hour
  • Projects

    1
  • Prerequisites

    None

About this course

In this course, you’ll dive deep into Python integration with the OpenAI API, focusing on the powerful GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4-turbo-preview models. Discover how to import the module, kickstart conversations with GPT models, and craft tailored prompts. Learn to harness the power of message prompts, leverage historical conversations, and apply few-shot prompting techniques. With practical examples and hands-on tutorials, you’ll develop the skills needed to build advanced AI applications.

Skills you'll gain

  • Import the OpenAI module into your Python code

  • Effectively utilize system and user prompts

  • Initiate conversations with GPT models

  • Apply few-shot prompting to guide responses

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Meet the creator of the course
Jace van Auken
Curriculum Developer at Codecademy
Jace is a Curriculum Developer with the Codecademy Computer Science team. He learned to code at an early age by reading a C Primer textbook and playing around with HyperCard on his Macintosh Plus.

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Frequently asked questions about OpenAI API Coding with Python

  • OpenAI’s most popular LLM application is ChatGPT. To interact and engage with LLMs similar to the ChatGPT application, users provide input prompts to have LLMs return a response.

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