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The OpenAI API (Python) Course (2 days)

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Topics covered on this course

  • OpenAI API: Setting Up

    Subtopics

    1. Getting an API key
    2. Using the playground
  • OpenAI API: Personalisation

    Subtopics

    1. Setting up your organisation
    2. Creating projects
  • OpenAI API: Basic Queries

    Subtopics

    1. Calling the API
    2. Tweaking temperature
    3. Understanding JSON responses
  • OpenAI API: Examples of Use

    Subtopics

    1. Moderating text
    2. Creating images
    3. Text to speech
  • OpenAI API: Functions

    Subtopics

    1. Describing functions
    2. Adding as model tools
    3. Handling model responses
    4. Handling edge cases
  • OpenAI API: Managing Use

    Subtopics

    1. Monitoring usage
    2. Minimising token use
  • OpenAI API: Structured Outputs

    Subtopics

    1. How they work
    2. Creating schemas
    3. Handling deserialisation errors
    4. Entity extraction
  • OpenAI API: Assistants (Beta)

    Subtopics

    1. The Assistants playground
    2. Threads and messages
    3. Running assistants
    4. Run steps

Topics marked will be covered if time allows.

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Using the OpenAI API iwth Python course dates

The table below lists the Using the OpenAI API iwth Python courses that we currently have scheduled (click on one of the tabs to filter the list).

We don't currently have any The OpenAI API (Python) courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke The OpenAI API (Python) course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any The OpenAI API (Python) courses scheduled in our London training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke The OpenAI API (Python) course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any The OpenAI API (Python) courses scheduled in our Manchester training centre. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke The OpenAI API (Python) course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

We don't currently have any online The OpenAI API (Python) courses scheduled. We may consider adding dates - it's always worth asking.

Alternatively, if you have a handful of like-minded people in your organisation, you could consider booking your own bespoke The OpenAI API (Python) course, whereby you get to pick the dates, training delivery method and venue!

About half of our courses are created bespoke for a single organisation, and either delivered onsite (usually somewhere in the UK, but we're willing to travel!) or online. For onsite courses we will usually provide and set up the necessary computers free of charge.

There are four main reasons why you might want to book tailored training like this:

  1. If you have 3 or more people, organising custom training will probably be cheaper than booking people individually onto a scheduled course.
  2. You'll be able to choose the content of any training, and be able to pause it for discussions on how you'll use software internally, or ask to take digressions.
  3. You may not be able to travel to our venues, so it might be easier to ask us to travel to you.
  4. You may not be able to make the dates of our published scheduled courses, and want to be able to choose when your training takes place.

If you'd like a quote for how much a tailored course would cost please let us know what you'd like to achieve and we'll get back to you (normally within half a working day).

What other people have said about our Artificial Intelligence training

Here are some comments we've received about our Artificial Intelligence training . You can see all of our 521 reviews here. We would like to sincerely thank the clients whose names are shown below for kindly agreeing to let us share their feedback.

"The course manual will be useful as a reference to remind us of what we learnt on the course. Previously enjoyed courses delivered by WiseOwl. We trust WiseOwl for useful course material, engaging tutors that make the course interesting and administrating everything so easily."

Tom Morgan

Hounslow Council

"A great trainer, very attentive and made sure we were all able to grasp what was being taught. He took the time to make sure those with issues were supported. The course content was also very good, provided a very good overview of how we can use AI to improve productivity in the work we do. It helped to generate a lot of ideas and ways we could make improvements to our work. Overall, a great course and one I would recommend for those who have an interest in AI and want to get their foot in the door."

Sukhjeet Gill

Hounslow Council

"Really enjoyed the course and delivery style, which was fun and engaging. Our trainer really made everyone feel comfortable and captivated interest with various examples. It has given me some new useful tools for both in and outside of work."

Simon Hayes

Hounslow Council

About this Using the OpenAI API iwth Python course

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What you'll learn during the two days is how to use the OpenAI to create your own custom models, including:

  • Calling your own Python functions from within your models

  • Defining structured outputs to control the data returned from your AI prompts

  • Creating assistants using the API

Note that this course will use Python exclusively as its programming language for interacting with the OpenAI API.

Pre-requisites

You should only consider attending this course if you have a good working knowledge of AI tools and a good knowledge of Python. Our ideal courses to help you prepare are:

Area

Course(s)

Days

Notes

AI tools

Introduction to AI tools

2

If you're a regular user of the likes of ChatGPT you can get away without attending this course.

Python

Introducton to Python

Fast-track Python

2

3

The two-day course will be sufficient for most people, but in an ideal world you would attend the three-day course to include learning about dictionaries, sets and working with JSON data.

If you haven't attended a Python course with us we will ask you for some evidence that you know how to program in Python before booking onto this course.

What you'll need to bring

If you book on a classroom course, the only thing you need to bring to the course is ... yourself! We even provide a notepad and a suprisingly nice pen for you to take notes with.

For online training you'll need two things:

  1. A good internet connection (otherwise you'll have a frustrating time); and
  2. A second screen (a requirement, not a nice-to-have!)

You can see full details of our online course requirements here.

For classroom training, you won't need a computer - we (obviously) will provide that. However, you're welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer, providing that you have the correct software installed.

For online training you will need a computer, but you won't need to have any software installed.  This is because you'll use Windows Remote Desktop to connect to our computers using our whizzy Wordsworth online training system, and these computers will have all of the necessary files and software installed.

When you book a place

If you book a place on one of our courses:

  • For classroom courses we will send out a joining email. That's it!
  • For online courses we will get in touch to organise a half-hour pre-course check to iron out any connection problems before the course (rather than during it). We will also ask you whether you want to receive a printed copy of the course manual (and post this to you if you do).

Whatever type of course you book, we will also send you out a reminder a few days before the course is due to take place - not that (we hope) you'll have forgotten!

After the course

After the course finishes you'll receive a digital certificate proving your attendance (we will gladly send a paper copy on request also).

We don't have any formal arrangement for answering questions after the course, but if you get stuck on something and email your trainer they should (and nearly always do!) respond as quickly as their training schedule allows.

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What other Artificial Intelligence courses can I take?▼

Here is a list of all of the Artificial Intelligence courses that we run:

Course name Days
Prompt engineering in AI tools One day
Using AI tools 2 days
The OpenAI API (Python) (this course) 2 days

What courses do you have related to this one?▼

You might like to consider invesigating these related courses:

Related course Days Level
Using AI tools 2 days Introduction
Introduction to Python 2 days Introduction
Fast track Python 3 days Fast track

What are your venues for your classroom Artificial Intelligence courses?▼

We run our scheduled classroom training courses in the following venues:

Venue Details
Artificial Intelligence training in London We run our courses in London from the LandMark offices in Bishopsgate, right in the middle of the City (and close to Liverpool Street mainline station).
Artificial Intelligence training in Manchester We run our courses in Manchester from the Holiday Inn business centre, which is a few minutes' walk from Piccadilly station.
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