OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
The separately named May 13 GPT-4o API snapshot works with text and images and returns text. Use a visual or writing brief to develop an explanation, edited passage or response based on supplied material.
- Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat
POST /v1/chat/completionsopenai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13 - Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages
POST /v1/messagesopenai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13
About the model
This description covers the model’s capabilities. Available in Ailoot inputs, outputs and options are listed for the selected method below.
GPT-4o (2024-05-13) is the separately named May 13 snapshot of OpenAI’s GPT-4o family. Its API role combines text and image input with text output. The dated edition remains distinct from the later August 6 and November 20 snapshots and from audio-specific or moving chat selections.
A practical application is explaining a visual example in the context of a written question. Provide the screenshot, photograph, document image or diagram and identify the detail that matters. An illustrative support request combines a screenshot with a description of the user’s difficulty, then asks for the relevant observation, missing information and a proposed reply. Add the context the image cannot establish by itself.
For writing, supply the original material, intended audience and purpose of the result. You can request an explanation, edited passage, instruction or comparison tied to the provided facts. Identify the terms and statements that must survive a rewrite. In a follow-up, name the section to change and explain whether the issue is tone, length, an omitted condition or an unclear relationship.
OpenAI’s GPT-4o family documentation lists a 128,000-token context window. Source material, conversation and the generated answer share the available window. Keep the useful earlier facts and leave room for the response. A long input works best with a defined question and source priorities, rather than an instruction to treat every passage as equally relevant.
For a machine-readable result, OpenAI’s JSON-mode documentation includes GPT-4o model names. JSON mode targets valid JSON; the application still checks the required fields and their meaning. Schema-based response formatting is documented for the August 6 snapshot and newer editions; the May 13 workflow uses the older JSON-mode distinction. A function request, when used in a producer-supported tool workflow, is separate from the final text and from an operation actually executed by the application.
Prepare visual material with readable labels and enough surrounding context to interpret them. Define how missing information should appear in the result and what would complete the task. A useful artifact is a specific explanation, revised document or proposed response whose important statements can be compared with the original material. A focused follow-up can then resolve an open question or refine one part of the same result.
Practical task
Clarify an account-change instruction
Technical example in English
Clarify an account-change instruction
Rewrite this instruction as a clear numbered procedure: 'To change the billing email, open Settings, choose Billing, edit Billing contact, then save. Changing the sign-in email does not change the billing email. Only owners can save billing changes.' Preserve the permission condition and the distinction between the two email fields. Add no interface controls beyond those named.Expected result
A short numbered procedure with the owner permission and email-field distinction clearly stated.Check the result
Every named control comes from the source and the result does not equate billing and sign-in email.Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat POST /v1/chat/completions openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13
openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13Overview
The separately named May 13 GPT-4o API snapshot works with text and images and returns text. Use a visual or writing brief to develop an explanation, edited passage or response based on supplied material.
- Accepted inputs
- Text
- Results
- Text
Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods
Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat POST /v1/chat/completions
- Input types
text- Output types
text- Output format
- json or SSE
| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fieldmodel | Typestring | RequirementRequired | Values & limits openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13 | Default— |
Fieldmessages | Typemessage[] | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Minimum items: 1 | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].role | Typestring | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Examples: system, user, assistant, tool, function Conditions: These roles are explicitly represented by Source compatibility types; the exact model role set remains model-specific. Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].content | Typestring|content_part[]|null | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].tool_calls | Typetool_call[] | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].tool_call_id | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Applies when: role=tool; use actual returned ID | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].name | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].reasoning_content | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Applies when: Round-trip actual returned reasoning where this model uses it | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].reasoning_details | Typeobject|array | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldmax_tokens | Typeinteger | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Minimum: 1 Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldmax_completion_tokens | Typeinteger | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Minimum: 1 Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldstream | Typeboolean | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Defaultfalse |
Fieldstream_options.include_usage | Typeboolean | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldtemperature | Typenumber | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldtop_p | Typenumber | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldstop | Typestring|string[] | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldtools | Typefunction_tool[] | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldtools[].type | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits function Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldtools[].function.name | Typestring | RequirementRequired | Values & limits Applies when: function tool supplied | Default— |
Fieldtools[].function.description | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldtools[].function.parameters | TypeJSON_schema | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldtool_choice | Typestring|object | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldparallel_tool_calls | Typeboolean | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldresponse_format | Typeobject | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldreasoning_effort | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldreasoning | Typeobject | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldservice_tier | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldinstructions | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Compatibility field | Default— |
Fieldfunctions | Typefunction[] | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldfunction_call | Typestring|object | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldprompt_cache_options | Typeobject | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Model-specific | Default— |
Fieldmodalities | Typestring[] | RequirementOptional | Values & limits text | Default— |
Fieldprovider | Typeobject | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Conditions: provider.options is rejected on this Ultra text route | Default— |
Fieldcache_control.ttl | Typestring | RequirementOptional | Values & limits Conditions: 1h is rejected in actual prompt-cache locations | Default— |
Input material combinations
Text · UTF8 text
messages[].content
Method parameters and lifecycle
| Parameter | Contract |
|---|---|
Parametercontent_type | Contractapplication/json |
Parameterrequired | Contractmodel, messages |
Parametermaterial_types | Contracttext |
Parametermessages | Contractmessage array with role/content shape |
Parameterfile_material | Contractactual UTF-8 document inserted as literal text; no file ID inferred |
Parameteroptional_controls | Contractstream, temperature, top_p, stop, max_tokens, max_completion_tokens, reasoning, response_format, tools, tool_choice |
Parametercontrol_scope | Contractmodel-specific; user function tools differ from hosted tools |
Parameteroutput_modalities | Contracttext |
Parameterhosted_operations | Contractfalse |
Parametermultimodal_input_binding | Contractnull |
Lifecycle: synchronous_or_streamed
Send exact model ID with messages.
Context length is not an output cap.
A text file may supply literal text; image/audio/file-object inputs need exact binding.
Pricing
Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.
- Fast mode
- Standard rate When fast mode is selected
- Flex mode
- Standard rate When flex mode is selected
- Maximum reasoning effort
- Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment
Ailoot rates
Prices by configuration
Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.
| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConfigurationBase token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens $0.01 / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens $0.03 / 1K tokens Input · Cache read $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens $0.01 / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens $0.03 / 1K tokens Input · Cache read $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens |
Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. How reservation and settlement work →
Example requests
Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat
set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json,os
from pathlib import Path
p=json.loads('{"model": "openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Explain the difference between an observation and a hypothesis in three sentences."}]}')
Path("request.json").write_text(json.dumps(p,ensure_ascii=False))
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path
r=json.loads(Path("result.json").read_text())
for x in r.get("choices",[]):
if x.get("message",{}).get("content"): print(x["message"]["content"])
PY_RESULT
from openai import OpenAI
import os
if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai/v1",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
result=client.chat.completions.create(model='openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13',messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."}])
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path
def save_result(data, stem="result"):
# Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
file.write_bytes(raw)
print("Saved", file)
for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
if blob and blob.get("data"):
mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))
save_result(result.to_dict(mode="json"))
from openai import OpenAI
import os
from pathlib import Path
if not os.environ.get("AILOOT_API_KEY", "").strip(): raise SystemExit("Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request")
client=OpenAI(base_url="https://api.ailoot.ai/v1",api_key=os.environ["AILOOT_API_KEY"],max_retries=0)
import base64, json
from pathlib import Path
def save_result(data, stem="result"):
# Keep every field, including usage, IDs, reasoning and tool requests.
Path(stem + ".json").write_text(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
print(json.dumps(data, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
def save_blob(encoded, suffix, label):
raw = base64.b64decode(encoded, altchars=b"-_", validate=True)
ext = "png" if raw.startswith(b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n") else "jpg" if raw.startswith(b"\xff\xd8") else "webp" if raw[:4] == b"RIFF" and raw[8:12] == b"WEBP" else suffix
file = Path(stem + "-" + label + "." + ext)
file.write_bytes(raw)
print("Saved", file)
for index, block in enumerate(data.get("content") or []):
print("Content", index, json.dumps(block, ensure_ascii=False))
for choice in data.get("choices") or []:
print("Choice", choice.get("index"), json.dumps(choice.get("message", choice.get("delta", {})), ensure_ascii=False))
for index, item in enumerate(data.get("output") or []):
print("Output", index, json.dumps(item, ensure_ascii=False))
if item.get("type") == "image_generation_call" and item.get("result"):
save_blob(item["result"], item.get("output_format") or "bin", "output-" + str(index))
for ci, candidate in enumerate(data.get("candidates") or []):
for pi, part in enumerate((candidate.get("content") or {}).get("parts") or []):
print("Candidate/part", ci, pi, json.dumps(part, ensure_ascii=False))
blob = part.get("inlineData") or part.get("inline_data")
if blob and blob.get("data"):
mime = blob.get("mimeType") or blob.get("mime_type")
suffix = {"image/png":"png", "image/jpeg":"jpg", "image/webp":"webp", "audio/wav":"wav", "audio/mpeg":"mp3", "video/mp4":"mp4"}.get(mime, "bin")
save_blob(blob["data"], suffix, "candidate-" + str(ci) + "-part-" + str(pi))
with client.chat.completions.stream(model='openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13',messages=[{"role":"user","content":"Explain observations and hypotheses in three sentences."}]) as stream:
with Path("stream-events.jsonl").open("w",encoding="utf-8") as log:
for event in stream:
payload=event.to_dict(mode="json")
log.write(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False)+"\n"); log.flush()
print(json.dumps(payload,ensure_ascii=False))
final=stream.get_final_completion()
save_result(final.to_dict(mode="json"),"stream-result")
Receive and save results
Ailoot Ultra · OpenAI Chat
json or SSE
Keep all completed results
Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.
Keep every choice and its content/tool calls/reasoning. In SSE assemble deltas by choice/tool index, retain the final finish reason and usage.
If the original response needs checking
Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.
Response fields
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
Fieldchoices[].index | Typeinteger |
Fieldchoices[].message.content | Typestring|null |
Fieldchoices[].message.tool_calls | Typetool_call[] |
Fieldchoices[].message.reasoning_content | Typestring |
Fieldchoices[].message.reasoning_details | Typeobject|array |
Fieldchoices[].finish_reason | Typestring|null |
Fieldusage | Typeobject |
Errors and next steps
| Response | Condition | Next step |
|---|---|---|
Response400 · invalid_request_error | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |
Aliases
Model aliases
Ailoot Ultra openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13
Method path aliases
Use the method paths shown above.
Related caller IDs
Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages POST /v1/messages openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13
openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13Overview
The separately named May 13 GPT-4o API snapshot works with text and images and returns text. Use a visual or writing brief to develop an explanation, edited passage or response based on supplied material.
- Accepted inputs
- Text
- Results
- json · sse
Available in Ailoot · inputs & methods
Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages POST /v1/messages
- Input types
text- Output types
json,sse- Output format
- JSON or SSE
| Field | Type | Requirement | Values & limits | Default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fieldmodel | Typestring | RequirementRequired | Values & limits openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13 | Default— |
Fieldmessages | Typemessage[] | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].role | Typestring | RequirementRequired | Values & limits user, assistant | Default— |
Fieldmessages[].content | Typestring | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldmax_tokens | Typeinteger | RequirementRequired | Values & limits | Default— |
Fieldstream | Typeboolean | RequirementOptional | Values & limits | Defaultfalse |
Input material combinations
Text · UTF-8 text
messages[].content string
Method parameters and lifecycle
| Parameter | Contract |
|---|---|
Parametercontent_type | Contractapplication/json |
Parameterrequired | Contractmodel, messages, max_tokens |
Parameteroptional_controls | Contractstream |
Parametermaterial_types | Contracttext |
Parametertext_file_material | ContractRead the actual UTF-8 document and put its text in the indicated input or message content string. |
Lifecycle: synchronous_or_streamed
Pricing
Tariff references do not add request options. Supported parameters are listed for the selected method.
- Fast mode
- Standard rate When fast mode is selected
- Flex mode
- Standard rate When flex mode is selected
- Maximum reasoning effort
- Standard rate When maximum reasoning effort uses the default adjustment
Ailoot rates
Prices by configuration
Match each charge to the conditions shown. Use one rate for each set of alternative configurations.
| Configuration | Rate schedule | Context tokens, more than | Context tokens, up to and including | Charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConfigurationBase token rates | Rate scheduleBase rate | Context tokens, more than— | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens $0.01 / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens $0.03 / 1K tokens Input · Cache read $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens |
| ConfigurationRequest-length tier 1 | Rate schedule— | Context tokens, more than0 | Context tokens, up to and includingNo upper bound | Charge Input · Input tokens $0.01 / 1K tokens Output · Output tokens $0.03 / 1K tokens Input · Cache read $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write $0 / 1K tokens Input · Cache write, 1 hour — / 1K tokens |
Ailoot reserves an estimated amount before a request. After the result, it settles the final charge from measured usage. Streaming settlement uses the final usage record. How reservation and settlement work →
Example requests
Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages
{
"model": "openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13",
"max_tokens": 128,
"messages": [
{
"role": "user",
"content": "Summarize the incident report."
}
],
"stream": false
}set -eu
: "${AILOOT_API_KEY:?Set your Ailoot API key}"
: "${AILOOT_TEXT_FILE:?Set your actual UTF-8 document}"
export AILOOT_TEXT_FILE
python3 - <<'PY_REQUEST'
import json, os
from pathlib import Path
source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
Path('request.json').write_text(json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False), encoding='utf-8')
PY_REQUEST
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages \
-H "x-api-key: $AILOOT_API_KEY" -H 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary @request.json -D response-headers.txt -o result.json
python3 - <<'PY_RESULT'
import json
from pathlib import Path
result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
PY_RESULT
import json, os
from pathlib import Path
source_file = Path(os.environ['AILOOT_TEXT_FILE'])
if not source_file.is_file():
raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_TEXT_FILE to your actual UTF-8 document')
text = source_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
if not text.strip():
raise SystemExit('Choose a document containing text')
payload = {'model': 'openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13', 'max_tokens': 128, 'messages': [{'role': 'user', 'content': 'Summarize the incident report.'}]}
payload['messages'][0]['content'] = 'Summarize this material and quote supporting source passages.\n\n' + text
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
from urllib.error import HTTPError
api_key = os.environ['AILOOT_API_KEY']
if not api_key.strip():
raise SystemExit('Set AILOOT_API_KEY before making a request')
headers = {'x-api-key': 'PLACEHOLDER_KEY', 'anthropic-version': '2023-06-01', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
headers['x-api-key'] = api_key
request = Request('https://api.ailoot.ai/v1/messages', data=json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8'), headers=headers, method='POST')
try:
with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as response:
raw = response.read()
Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(response.headers), encoding='utf-8')
except HTTPError as error:
Path('result.json').write_bytes(error.read())
Path('response-headers.txt').write_text(str(error.headers), encoding='utf-8')
raise
Path('result.json').write_bytes(raw)
import json
from pathlib import Path
result = json.loads(Path('result.json').read_text(encoding='utf-8'))
print(json.dumps(result, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2))
Receive and save results
Ailoot Ultra · Anthropic Messages
JSON or SSE
Keep all completed results
Keep every complete returned response, file and content part.
Keep all content blocks, thinking signatures and actual tool-use IDs. Assemble all SSE block deltas; a first text block is not the complete output.
If the original response needs checking
Keep request/response IDs and headers. No generic text job retrieval URL is supplied.
Response fields
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
Fieldid | Typestring |
Fieldmodel | Typestring |
Fieldcontent[] | Typetext|thinking|tool_use|other content block |
Fieldstop_reason | Typestring|null |
Fieldusage | Typeobject |
Errors and next steps
| Response | Condition | Next step |
|---|---|---|
Response400 · invalid_request_error | ConditionInvalid required fields, material representation or parameter value | Next stepCorrect the indicated fields before a new creation request. |
Aliases
Model aliases
Ailoot Ultra openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13
Method path aliases
Use the method paths shown above.
Related caller IDs
FAQ · OpenAI: GPT-4o (2024-05-13)
- What inputs and results are available?
POST /v1/chat/completions·openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13:text→textPOST /v1/messages·openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13:text→json,sse- Which fields does the request use?
POST /v1/chat/completions·openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13:model,messages,stream,modalities,providerPOST /v1/messages·openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13:model,messages,max_tokens,stream- What limits apply?
POST /v1/chat/completions·openai/gpt-4o-2024-05-13:messages.min_items:1