# OpenAI Cookbook

The OpenAI Cookbook shares example code for accomplishing common tasks with the [OpenAI API].

To run these examples, you'll need an OpenAI account and associated API key ([create a free account][api signup]).

Most code examples are written in Python, though the concepts can be applied in any language.

## Recently added 🆕 ✨

- [How to format inputs to ChatGPT models](examples/How_to_format_inputs_to_ChatGPT_models.ipynb) [Mar 1st, 2023]
- [Using Vector Databases for Embeddings Search with Redis](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/tree/main/examples/vector_databases/redis) [Feb 15th, 2023]
- [Website Q&A with Embeddings](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/tree/main/apps/web-crawl-q-and-a) [Feb 11th, 2023]
- [File Q&A with Embeddings](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/tree/main/apps/file-q-and-a) [Feb 11th, 2023]
- [Visualize Embeddings in Weights & Biases](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/Visualizing_embeddings_in_W%26B.ipynb) [Feb 9th, 2023]
- [Retrieval Enhanced Generative Question Answering with Pinecone](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/blob/main/examples/vector_databases/pinecone/Gen_QA.ipynb) [Feb 8th, 2023]


## Guides & examples

- API usage
  - [How to handle rate limits](examples/How_to_handle_rate_limits.ipynb)
    - [Example parallel processing script that avoids hitting rate limits](examples/api_request_parallel_processor.py)
  - [How to count tokens with tiktoken](examples/How_to_count_tokens_with_tiktoken.ipynb)
  - [How to stream completions](examples/How_to_stream_completions.ipynb)
- ChatGPT
  - [How to format inputs to ChatGPT models](examples/How_to_format_inputs_to_ChatGPT_models.ipynb)
- GPT-3
  - [Guide: How to work with large language models](how_to_work_with_large_language_models.md)
  - [Guide: Techniques to improve reliability](techniques_to_improve_reliability.md)
  - [How to use a multi-step prompt to write unit tests](examples/Unit_test_writing_using_a_multi-step_prompt.ipynb)
  - [Text writing examples](text_writing_examples.md)
  - [Text explanation examples](text_explanation_examples.md)
  - [Text editing examples](text_editing_examples.md)
  - [Code writing examples](code_writing_examples.md)
  - [Code explanation examples](code_explanation_examples.md)
  - [Code editing examples](code_editing_examples.md)
- Embeddings
  - [Text comparison examples](text_comparison_examples.md)
  - [How to get embeddings](examples/Get_embeddings.ipynb)
  - [Question answering using embeddings](examples/Question_answering_using_embeddings.ipynb)
  - [Semantic search using embeddings](examples/Semantic_text_search_using_embeddings.ipynb)
  - [Recommendations using embeddings](examples/Recommendation_using_embeddings.ipynb)
  - [Clustering embeddings](examples/Clustering.ipynb)
  - [Visualizing embeddings in 2D](examples/Visualizing_embeddings_in_2D.ipynb) or [3D](examples/Visualizing_embeddings_in_3D.ipynb)
  - [Embedding long texts](examples/Embedding_long_inputs.ipynb)
- Fine-tuning GPT-3
  - [Guide: best practices for fine-tuning GPT-3 to classify text](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rqj7dkuvl7Byd5KQPUJRxc19BJt8wo0yHNwK84KfU3Q/edit)
  - [Fine-tuned classification](examples/Fine-tuned_classification.ipynb)
- DALL-E
  - [How to generate and edit images with DALL-E](examples/dalle/Image_generations_edits_and_variations_with_DALL-E.ipynb)
- Azure OpenAI (alternative API from Microsoft Azure)
  - [How to get completions from Azure OpenAI](examples/azure/completions.ipynb)
  - [How to get embeddings from Azure OpenAI](examples/azure/embeddings.ipynb)
  - [How to fine-tune GPT-3 with Azure OpenAI](examples/azure/finetuning.ipynb)
- Apps
  - [File Q and A](apps/file-q-and-a/)
  - [Web Crawl Q and A](apps/web-crawl-q-and-a)

## Related resources

Beyond the code examples here, you can learn about the [OpenAI API] from the following resources:

- Try out the API in the [OpenAI Playground]
- Read about the API in the [OpenAI Documentation]
- Discuss the API in the [OpenAI Community Forum]
- Look for help in the [OpenAI Help Center]
- See example prompts in the [OpenAI Examples]
- Play with a free research preview of [ChatGPT]
- Stay up to date with the [OpenAI Blog]

## Contributing

If there are examples or guides you'd like to see, feel free to suggest them on the [issues page].

[chatgpt]: https://chat.openai.com/
[openai api]: https://openai.com/api/
[api signup]: https://beta.openai.com/signup
[openai playground]: https://beta.openai.com/playground
[openai documentation]: https://beta.openai.com/docs/introduction
[openai community forum]: https://community.openai.com/top?period=monthly
[openai help center]: https://help.openai.com/en/
[openai examples]: https://beta.openai.com/examples
[openai blog]: https://openai.com/blog/
[issues page]: https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook/issues