How to build an OpenAI Assistant with Internet browsing
Build a GPT with internet access using OpenAI’s latest Assistant API
OpenAI has done it again with a groundbreaking DevDay showcasing some of the latest improvements to the OpenAI suite of tools, products and services. One major release was the new Assistants API that makes it easier for developers to build their own assistive AI apps that have goals and can call models and tools.
The new Assistants API currently supports three types of tools: Code Interpreter, Retrieval, and Function calling. Although you might expect the Retrieval tool to support online information retrieval (such as search APIs or as ChatGPT plugins), it only supports raw data for now such as text or CSV files.
This blog will demonstrate how to leverage the latest Assistants API with online information using the function calling tool.
To skip the tutorial below, feel free to check out the full Github Gist here.
At a high level, a typical integration of the Assistants API has the following steps:
