easier-openai 4.4

Utilities for orchestrating OpenAI chat, tool calling, search, audio, and images from one helper package.

Easier OpenAI

Easier OpenAI wraps the official OpenAI Python SDK so you can drive modern assistants, manage tool selection, search files, and work with speech from one helper package—the easiest possible way.

What's Included

• Conversational Assistant helper with conversation memory and tool toggles.
• Temporary vector store ingestion to ground answers in local notes.
• Built-in helpers for image generation and text-to-speech playback.
• Speech-to-text recording shortcuts for quick dictation.
• Lazy-loaded imports so import easier_openai stays fast even when optional helpers expand.
• Optional openai_function decorator re-exported for function tool schemas.

Installation

pip install easier-openai

Optional extras:

pip install "easier-openai[function_tools]"   # decorator helpers
pip install "easier-openai[speech_models]"    # whisper speech recognition models

Set OPENAI_API_KEY in your environment or pass it explicitly when constructing the assistant.

Quick Start

from easier_openai import Assistant

assistant = Assistant(api_key=None, model="gpt-4o", system_prompt="You are concise.")
response_text = assistant.chat("Summarize Rayleigh scattering in one sentence.")
print(response_text)

Ground replies with your files

notes = ["notes/overview.md", "notes/data-sheet.pdf"]
reply = assistant.chat(
    "Highlight key risks from the attached docs",
    file_search=notes,
    tools_required="auto",
)
print(reply)

Generate speech from responses

assistant.full_text_to_speech(
    "Ship a status update that sounds upbeat",
    model="gpt-4o-mini-tts",
    voice="alloy",
    play=True,
)

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or newer
• openai>=1.43.0
• typing_extensions>=4.7.0
• pydantic>=2.0.0

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please run checks locally before submitting changes.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.