Making Your First API Call: Send a Prompt to GPT-4 ✉️

With your API key ready, the next step is making your first request. Using tools like cURL, Postman, or programming languages such as Python, you can send prompts to GPT-4 to generate responses. Here's a simple Python example using the requests library:

import requests
api_key = 'your-api-key'
headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
data = {
    'model': 'gpt-4',
    'prompt': 'Explain blockchain technology in simple terms.',
    'max_tokens': 200,
    'temperature': 0.7
}
response = requests.post('https://api.openai.com/v1/completions', headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json()['choices'][0]['text'].strip())

This script sends a prompt and prints the generated response. Parameters like max_tokens and temperature control output length and creativity. Think of the API as a language engine: you feed it prompts, and it responds with generated text based on learned patterns.