This Node.js module provides a lightweight client for interacting with the OpenAI API, targeting developers who need a simple way to integrate AI capabilities into their applications. It offers a streamlined interface for common tasks like text completion, search, and classification, abstracting away much of the HTTP request complexity.

How It Works

The module acts as a thin wrapper around the OpenAI REST API, making authenticated HTTP requests to the specified endpoints. It simplifies the process of sending prompts, parameters, and receiving structured responses, allowing developers to focus on the AI logic rather than low-level API interactions. The client handles request formatting and response parsing for various OpenAI models.

Quick Start & Requirements

• Primary install: npm i openai-api
• Prerequisites: Node.js, OpenAI API key (set as OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable).
• Links: OpenAI API Documentation

Highlighted Details

• Supports multiple OpenAI API endpoints: complete, search, answers, classification, engines, and embeddings.
• Includes offline token encoding functionality.
• Demonstrates usage with clear JavaScript code examples for each API call.

Maintenance & Community

This project is a personal interest project, not officially affiliated with OpenAI. Contributions via pull requests are welcomed.

Licensing & Compatibility

The README does not specify a license. Compatibility with commercial or closed-source projects is not explicitly stated.

Limitations & Caveats

The module does not support token counting for strings via an API call, as noted in issue #20. The README does not mention support for newer OpenAI API versions or models beyond those implied by the examples.