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## Summary
- Allow thread.turn and turn.steer, including async variants, to accept
RunInput so plain strings work alongside typed input objects.
- Export RunInput and update the SDK artifact generator so regenerated
turn methods keep the same signature and normalization.
- Update docs, examples, notebook cells, and tests to use string
shorthand for text-only turns while keeping typed inputs for multimodal
input.
## Validation
- uv run --extra dev ruff format .
- uv run --extra dev ruff check --output-format=github .
- python3 -m py_compile sdk/python/src/openai_codex/__init__.py
sdk/python/src/openai_codex/api.py
sdk/python/src/openai_codex/_inputs.py
sdk/python/scripts/update_sdk_artifacts.py
sdk/python/tests/test_public_api_signatures.py
sdk/python/tests/test_app_server_streaming.py
sdk/python/tests/test_app_server_turn_controls.py
sdk/python/tests/test_real_app_server_integration.py
- python3 -c "import json;
json.load(open('sdk/python/notebooks/sdk_walkthrough.ipynb'))"
- sdk/python/.venv/bin/python -c "import inspect, openai_codex; from
openai_codex import Thread, AsyncThread, TurnHandle, AsyncTurnHandle,
RunInput; funcs=[Thread.run, Thread.turn, AsyncThread.run,
AsyncThread.turn, TurnHandle.steer, AsyncTurnHandle.steer]; assert
all(inspect.signature(fn).parameters['input'].annotation == 'RunInput'
for fn in funcs); assert RunInput is openai_codex.RunInput"
Python SDK Examples
Each example folder contains runnable versions:
sync.py(public sync surface:Codex)async.py(public async surface:AsyncCodex)
All examples intentionally use only public SDK exports from openai_codex
and openai_codex.types.
Examples use plain strings for text-only turns and typed input objects for multimodal or structured input lists.
Prerequisites
- Python
>=3.10 - Install SDK dependencies for the same Python interpreter you will use to run examples
Recommended setup (from sdk/python):
uv sync
source .venv/bin/activate
When running examples from this repo checkout, the SDK source uses the local
tree and does not bundle a runtime binary. The helper in examples/_bootstrap.py
uses the installed openai-codex-cli-bin runtime package.
If the pinned openai-codex-cli-bin runtime is not already installed, the bootstrap
will download the matching GitHub release artifact, stage a temporary local
openai-codex-cli-bin package, install it into your active interpreter, and clean up
the temporary files afterward.
The pinned runtime version comes from the SDK package dependency.
Run examples
From sdk/python:
python examples/<example-folder>/sync.py
python examples/<example-folder>/async.py
The examples bootstrap local imports from sdk/python/src automatically, so no
SDK wheel install is required. You only need the Python dependencies for your
active interpreter and an installed openai-codex-cli-bin runtime package (either
already present or automatically provisioned by the bootstrap).
Recommended first run
python examples/01_quickstart_constructor/sync.py
python examples/01_quickstart_constructor/async.py
Index
01_quickstart_constructor/- first run / sanity check
02_turn_run/- inspect full turn output fields
03_turn_stream_events/- stream a turn with a small curated event view
04_models_and_metadata/- discover visible models for the connected runtime
05_existing_thread/- resume a real existing thread (created in-script)
06_thread_lifecycle_and_controls/- thread lifecycle + control calls
07_image_and_text/- remote image URL + text multimodal turn
08_local_image_and_text/- local image + text multimodal turn using a generated temporary sample image
09_async_parity/- parity-style sync flow (see async parity in other examples)
10_error_handling_and_retry/- overload retry pattern + typed error handling structure
11_cli_mini_app/- interactive chat loop
12_turn_params_kitchen_sink/- structured output with a curated advanced
turn(...)configuration
- structured output with a curated advanced
13_model_select_and_turn_params/- list models, pick highest model + highest supported reasoning effort, run turns, print message and usage
14_turn_controls/- separate
steer()andinterrupt()demos with concise summaries
- separate
15_login_and_account/- browser-login handle lifecycle, cancellation, and account inspection