How to know # of tokens beforehand when I make function calling + chat history request witn NodeJS

[stevenic]

So actually someone posted a better approach here:

How to calculate the tokens when using function call

Based on the given example, I was able to find a format that gives a much more accurate token length than the examples above, without magic numbers: namespace functions { // Get the current weather in a given location type get_current_weather = (_: { location: string, // The city and state, e.g. San Francisco, CA unit?: "celsius" | "fahrenheit", }) => any; } // namespace functions In testing, this gives token length to within 5 tokens of the actual number calculated by OpenAI. My fu…