Passing a list in prompt using OpenAI API

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Hi.
I’m forming a prompt with format string, and I need to pass a list of dictionaries to that promt.

If I copy and paste the resulting prompt into chat.gpt, all works fine. But, if I run the script with that prompt I get invalid syntax (, line 1). If I remove the list parameter, the api response works fine.

Thanks in advance

2

Can you share your code? There is no list parameter, are you including them in the message content?

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Hi novaphil, thanks for answer

def generate_code(url: str, summary: str, parameters: list, header: json, method: str):
parameter_list = json.dumps(parameters)
description = “# Write a function in python to access API that”
f" # 1. Have name: {summary}"
f" # 2. the API url: {url}"
f" # 3. the access method: {method}"
f" # 4. the header: {header}"
f" # 5. the parameters is a list of dictionaries: {parameter_list}"

response = openai.Completion.create(
    engine="text-davinci-002",
    prompt=description,
    temperature=0.5,
    max_tokens=200
)
print(response.choices[0].text.strip())

this is my last change, tried to do a json.dumps that list, and, nothing happens

4

What error are you getting? What’s the output of print(response)

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The error is
invalid syntax (, line 1)

6

If I paste that generated prompt into my web browser (chat.openai link) and works fine. The problem is executing that prompt directly from the python script.

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This doesn’t look like an OpenAI error, but just a general Python error. Is that from the OpenAI response? Is there a line number mentioned? Does your entire python file validate (leave out your API key)?

8

Also not sure if this is copy-paste issue, but both the opening and ending quotes are smart-quotes. Is your code using standard quotes?
“ vs "

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if I remove that line, OpenAI script works fine. ANd indeed, is the response error

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If you comment out the openAI code and replace with print(description) does it match what you want? Can you share the full prompt string?

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yes, it does. I change the prompt, and now it works splendid.

prompt = f"Write a function in python to access API that have as name: {summary}, the API url: {url}, the access method: {method}, the header: {header} and this list of parameters: {parameters}"

Thanks a lot novaphil

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