/** * Basic Response Example * * Simple text generation using the OpenAI Responses API. * This is the simplest way to use the Responses API. */ import OpenAI from 'openai'; const openai = new OpenAI({ apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY, }); async function basicResponse() { // Simple text input const response = await openai.responses.create({ model: 'gpt-5', // or 'gpt-5-mini', 'gpt-4o' input: 'What are the 5 Ds of dodgeball?', }); // Get text output console.log(response.output_text); // Or inspect full output array response.output.forEach((item) => { console.log('Type:', item.type); if (item.type === 'message') { console.log('Content:', item.content); } }); // Check usage console.log('Tokens used:', response.usage.total_tokens); } async function basicResponseWithMessages() { // Using message array format (like Chat Completions) const response = await openai.responses.create({ model: 'gpt-5', input: [ { role: 'developer', content: 'You are a helpful assistant.' }, { role: 'user', content: 'Explain quantum computing in one sentence.' }, ], }); console.log(response.output_text); } async function basicResponseWithOptions() { // With additional options const response = await openai.responses.create({ model: 'gpt-5', input: 'Write a haiku about coding', store: false, // Don't store conversation (saves costs) temperature: 0.7, // Creativity level (0-2) }); console.log(response.output_text); } // Run examples basicResponse(); // basicResponseWithMessages(); // basicResponseWithOptions();