The official OpenAI Python library provides typed helpers to call OpenAI APIs from Python applications, maintained in OpenAI’s documented GitHub repository and PyPI package.
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OpenAI Python SDK
OpenAI · Uses OpenAI API keys via the client configuration.
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Capabilities
- Client helpers for chat, embeddings, images, audio, and related APIs
- Authentication via environment variables / constructor args as documented
Limitations
- SDK major versions may change request shapes—pin versions in production
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