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name: azure-ai-openai-dotnet
description: |
Azure OpenAI SDK for .NET. Client library for Azure OpenAI and OpenAI services. Use for chat completions, embeddings, image generation, audio transcription, and assistants. Triggers: "Azure OpenAI", "AzureOpenAIClient", "ChatClient", "chat completions .NET", "GPT-4", "embeddings", "DALL-E", "Whisper", "OpenAI .NET".
license: MIT
metadata:
author: Microsoft
version: "1.0.0"
package: Azure.AI.OpenAI
Azure.AI.OpenAI (.NET)
Client library for Azure OpenAI Service providing access to OpenAI models including GPT-4, GPT-4o, embeddings, DALL-E, and Whisper.
AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT=https://<resource-name>.openai.azure.com # Required: Azure OpenAI endpoint
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY=<api-key> # Only required for AzureKeyCredential auth
AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME=gpt-4o-mini # Required: model deployment name
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
using Azure;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
AzureOpenAIClient client = new(
new Uri(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT")!),
new AzureKeyCredential(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY")!));
Microsoft Entra Token Credential
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
// Local dev: DefaultAzureCredential. Production: set AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod or AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=<specific_credential>
var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential(
DefaultAzureCredential.DefaultEnvironmentVariableName
);
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-dotnet#credential-classes
// var credential = new ManagedIdentityCredential();
AzureOpenAIClient client = new(
new Uri(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT")!),
credential);
Using OpenAI SDK Directly with Azure
using Azure.Identity;
using OpenAI;
using OpenAI.Chat;
using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
#pragma warning disable OPENAI001
BearerTokenPolicy tokenPolicy = new(
new DefaultAzureCredential(),
"https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default");
ChatClient client = new(
model: "gpt-4o-mini",
authenticationPolicy: tokenPolicy,
options: new OpenAIClientOptions()
{
Endpoint = new Uri("https://YOUR-RESOURCE.openai.azure.com/openai/v1")
});
Chat Completions
Basic Chat
using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
using OpenAI.Chat;
AzureOpenAIClient azureClient = new(
new Uri(endpoint),
new DefaultAzureCredential());
ChatClient chatClient = azureClient.GetChatClient("gpt-4o-mini");
ChatCompletion completion = chatClient.CompleteChat(
[
new SystemChatMessage("You are a helpful assistant."),
new UserChatMessage("What is Azure OpenAI?")
]);
Console.WriteLine(completion.Content[0].Text);
Async Chat
ChatCompletion completion = await chatClient.CompleteChatAsync(
[
new SystemChatMessage("You are a helpful assistant."),
new UserChatMessage("Explain cloud computing in simple terms.")
]);
Console.WriteLine($"Response: {completion.Content[0].Text}");
Console.WriteLine($"Tokens used: {completion.Usage.TotalTokenCount}");
Streaming Chat
await foreach (StreamingChatCompletionUpdate update
in chatClient.CompleteChatStreamingAsync(messages))
{
if (update.ContentUpdate.Count > 0)
{
Console.Write(update.ContentUpdate[0].Text);
}
}
List<ChatMessage> messages = new()
{
new SystemChatMessage("You are a helpful assistant."),
new UserChatMessage("Hi, can you help me?"),
new AssistantChatMessage("Of course! What do you need help with?"),
new UserChatMessage("What's the capital of France?")
};
ChatCompletion completion = await chatClient.CompleteChatAsync(messages);
messages.Add(new AssistantChatMessage(completion.Content[0].Text));
ChatCompletionOptions options = new()
{
ReasoningEffortLevel = ChatReasoningEffortLevel.Low,
MaxOutputTokenCount = 100000
};
ChatCompletion completion = await chatClient.CompleteChatAsync(
[
new DeveloperChatMessage("You are a helpful assistant"),
new UserChatMessage("Explain the theory of relativity")
], options);
Azure AI Search Integration (RAG)
using Azure.AI.OpenAI.Chat;
#pragma warning disable AOAI001
ChatCompletionOptions options = new();
options.AddDataSource(new AzureSearchChatDataSource()
{
Endpoint = new Uri(searchEndpoint),
IndexName = searchIndex,
Authentication = DataSourceAuthentication.FromApiKey(searchKey)
});
ChatCompletion completion = await chatClient.CompleteChatAsync(
[new UserChatMessage("What health plans are available?")],
options);
ChatMessageContext context = completion.GetMessageContext();
if (context?.Intent is not null)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Intent: {context.Intent}");
}
foreach (ChatCitation citation in context?.Citations ?? [])
{
Console.WriteLine($"Citation: {citation.Content}");
}
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