OpenAI Assistant Function Calling Tutorial For Beginners (App With Source Code Included)

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Welcome to this OpenAI Assistant API Function Calling tutorial. If you're interested in AI and web development, this video is for you. Source Code: https://brandonhancock.io/openai-function-calling Resources: - https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/overview - https://platform.openai.com/docs/assistants/how-it-works/runs-and-run-steps - https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/function-calling - https://finnhub.io/docs/api/stock-symbols Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:30 What is function calling + Use Cases 02:05 Quick Assistant Crash Course 04:51 Assistant Run Life Cycles 08:34 High Level Code Overview 10:04 Assistants - Code Deep Dive 15:52 Threads - Code Deep Dive 17:56 Messages - Code Deep Dive 22:44 Runs - Code Deep Dive 26:40 Function Calling [IMPORTANT] 33:34 Code Recap 34:51 Outro

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