In OpenAI's ecosystem, developers can interact with models through two main APIs: the Responses API and the Chat Completions API. This tutorial will delve into the differences between these two, their applicable scenarios, and how to choose the most suitable API for your project needs.
The Responses API is our latest core API and also a proxy API primitive that combines the ease of chat completions with the capability to perform more agent tasks. As model capabilities continue to evolve, the Responses API will become a flexible foundation for building action-oriented applications, with built-in tools such as: