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Shaqayeq fc75d07504 Add Python SDK public API and examples (#14446)
## TL;DR
WIP esp the examples

Thin the Python SDK public surface so the wrapper layer returns
canonical app-server generated models directly.

- keeps `Codex` / `AsyncCodex` / `Thread` / `Turn` and input helpers,
but removes alias-only type layers and custom result models
- `metadata` now returns `InitializeResponse` and `run()` returns the
generated app-server `Turn`
- updates docs, examples, notebook, and tests to use canonical generated
types and regenerates `v2_all.py` against current schema
- keeps the pinned runtime-package integration flow and real integration
coverage

  ## Validation
  - `PYTHONPATH=sdk/python/src python3 -m pytest sdk/python/tests`
- `GH_TOKEN="$(gh auth token)" RUN_REAL_CODEX_TESTS=1
PYTHONPATH=sdk/python/src python3 -m pytest sdk/python/tests -rs`

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Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
2026-03-17 16:05:56 -07:00

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# 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 `codex_app_server`.
## Prerequisites
- Python `>=3.10`
- Install SDK dependencies for the same Python interpreter you will use to run examples
Recommended setup (from `sdk/python`):
```bash
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -U pip
python -m pip install -e .
```
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 `codex-cli-bin` runtime package.
If the pinned `codex-cli-bin` runtime is not already installed, the bootstrap
will download the matching GitHub release artifact, stage a temporary local
`codex-cli-bin` package, install it into your active interpreter, and clean up
the temporary files afterward.
Current pinned runtime version: `0.116.0-alpha.1`
## Run examples
From `sdk/python`:
```bash
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 `codex-cli-bin` runtime package (either
already present or automatically provisioned by the bootstrap).
## Recommended first run
```bash
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
- `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 best-effort `steer()` and `interrupt()` demos with concise summaries