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Video course · 15 chapters · 213 min · certificate

OpenAI Assistants API – Course for Beginners

Paulo Dichone's freeCodeCamp course on the OpenAI Assistants API: setup, what assistants are versus chat completions, building blocks (assistants, threads, messages, runs), a personal-trainer assistant in the playground and in Python, a function-calling news summariser in Streamlit, and a retrieval-powered study buddy.

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What you'll learn

  • Set up Python, VS Code and an OpenAI key
  • Explain the Assistants API vs Chat Completions
  • Use assistants, threads, messages and runs
  • Build assistants in the playground and in code
  • Add function calling to fetch live news
  • Use knowledge retrieval to chat with documents

Chapters

15 chapters · 212:55
  1. 2:44 01Intro Members Introduction and prerequisites Big-picture focus.
  2. 1:38 02Setup Members Python and dev tools setup Get ready.
  3. 1:09 03IDE Members VS Code installation Pick an editor.
  4. 2:22 04Key Members OpenAI account and API key Authenticate.
  5. 10:23 05Concepts Members What is the Assistants API? Beyond chat completions.
  6. 5:48 06Blocks Members Assistants API building blocks Assistant, thread, message, run.
  7. 14:16 07Playground Members Personal trainer in the playground Manual build.
  8. 25:55 08Code Members Personal trainer in code Python SDK.
  9. 21:24 09Functions Members News summariser with function calling Live data.
  10. 45:07 10Architecture Members AssistantManager class Wrap it up.
  11. 17:37 11Streamlit Members Running it in Streamlit A web UI.
  12. 7:02 12Retrieval Members Knowledge retrieval and embeddings Study buddy idea.
  13. 46:59 13Build Members Building the study buddy Chat with PDFs.
  14. 7:03 14Test Members Running and testing the study buddy It works.
  15. 3:28 15Next Members Wrap-up Beta and beyond.