Why cant you have a JSON response with file_search?

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Hi,

Why in an assistant cant you have file search and JSON object enabled at the same time?

I have specified “Please do a JSON response” in the instructions along with a JSON layout, and I can enable if I don’t have a file search on

Because it seems I cant attach a file to a thread and have it look at a PDF for example, and response with a JSON response, without enabling file search.

I don’t really understand the logic in why you cant have a file search and JSON response at the same time?

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There’s a thread here:

the gist is that the JSON corset probably interdicts the file search/ special function calling

That said, I’ve never really had an issue with generating JSON without JSON mode: in the last message, just pass a proper schema, tell it to only respond in JSON, and tell it to start its response with {.