OpenAI First Steps

Creating an Account

Create an account at openai api (opens new window). Unfortunately, at some point is going to ask you for a phone number:

It does not provide any alternatives. Let me know in advance if this is a problem for you.

Generating an API key

Go to the user on the upper right corner and click on the API Keys tab.

Choose View API Keys.

Click on the "Create new secret Key" button and copy the key.

REST exercises

Make requests to the OpenAI API using a client like the Thunder Client or Postman or Insomnia.

1. To get all models
2. To get info of a model
3. To get a cute image
4. To get a completion
5. To get a moderation

See https://beta.openai.com/docs/api-reference/ (opens new window)

Vscode Thunder Client

You can install the VSCode extension Thunder Client (opens new window) for testing the cat API.

Chrome

For Chrome you can install:

• JSON Formatter for API (opens new window)
• Advanced REST client (opens new window)
• Altair GraphQL Client (opens new window)