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Exa + OpenAI SDK

Use Exa through OpenAI's /chat/completions and /responses endpoints

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Overview

Exa provides OpenAI-compatible endpoints that work as a drop-in replacement with the OpenAI SDK. Point your existing OpenAI client at https://api.exa.ai, swap in your Exa API key, and use models like exa for /answer or exa-research and exa-research-pro for /research, through both the Chat Completions and Responses APIs.

Quick links

OpenAI SDK Compatibility docsOpenAI Responses API guideOpenAI Tool Calling guide

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