Structured outputs

You can use Pydantic to define object schemas in Python. Depending on what version of the OpenAI and Pydantic libraries you're running you might need to upgrade to a newer version. These examples were tested against openai 1.42.0 and pydantic 2.8.2.

pip install openai pydantic --upgrade

If you are new to using Microsoft Entra ID for authentication see How to configure Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models with Microsoft Entra ID authentication.

import os
from pydantic import BaseModel
from openai import OpenAI
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential, get_bearer_token_provider

token_provider = get_bearer_token_provider(
    DefaultAzureCredential(), "https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default"
)

client = OpenAI(  
  base_url = "https://YOUR-RESOURCE-NAME.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/",  
  api_key=token_provider,
)

class CalendarEvent(BaseModel):
    name: str
    date: str
    participants: list[str]

completion = client.beta.chat.completions.parse(
    model="MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME", # replace with the model deployment name of your gpt-4o 2024-08-06 deployment
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "Extract the event information."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Alice and Bob are going to a science fair on Friday."},
    ],
    response_format=CalendarEvent,
)

event = completion.choices[0].message.parsed

print(event)
print(completion.model_dump_json(indent=2))

Output

name='Science Fair' date='Friday' participants=['Alice', 'Bob']
{
  "id": "chatcmpl-A1EUP2fAmL4SeB1lVMinwM7I2vcqG",
  "choices": [
    {
      "finish_reason": "stop",
      "index": 0,
      "logprobs": null,
      "message": {
        "content": "{\n  \"name\": \"Science Fair\",\n  \"date\": \"Friday\",\n  \"participants\": [\"Alice\", \"Bob\"]\n}",
        "refusal": null,
        "role": "assistant",
        "function_call": null,
        "tool_calls": [],
        "parsed": {
          "name": "Science Fair",
          "date": "Friday",
          "participants": [
            "Alice",
            "Bob"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "created": 1724857389,
  "model": "gpt-4o-2024-08-06",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "service_tier": null,
  "system_fingerprint": "fp_1c2eaec9fe",
  "usage": {
    "completion_tokens": 27,
    "prompt_tokens": 32,
    "total_tokens": 59
  }
}

You can use Pydantic to define object schemas in Python. Depending on what version of the OpenAI and Pydantic libraries you're running you might need to upgrade to a newer version. These examples were tested against openai 1.42.0 and pydantic 2.8.2.

pip install openai pydantic --upgrade

import os
from pydantic import BaseModel
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
  base_url = "https://YOUR-RESOURCE-NAME.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/",  
  api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY")  
)

class CalendarEvent(BaseModel):
    name: str
    date: str
    participants: list[str]

completion = client.beta.chat.completions.parse(
    model="MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME", # replace with the model deployment name of your gpt-4o 2024-08-06 deployment
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "Extract the event information."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "Alice and Bob are going to a science fair on Friday."},
    ],
    response_format=CalendarEvent,
)

event = completion.choices[0].message.parsed

print(event)
print(completion.model_dump_json(indent=2))

Output

name='Science Fair' date='Friday' participants=['Alice', 'Bob']
{
  "id": "chatcmpl-A1EUP2fAmL4SeB1lVMinwM7I2vcqG",
  "choices": [
    {
      "finish_reason": "stop",
      "index": 0,
      "logprobs": null,
      "message": {
        "content": "{\n  \"name\": \"Science Fair\",\n  \"date\": \"Friday\",\n  \"participants\": [\"Alice\", \"Bob\"]\n}",
        "refusal": null,
        "role": "assistant",
        "function_call": null,
        "tool_calls": [],
        "parsed": {
          "name": "Science Fair",
          "date": "Friday",
          "participants": [
            "Alice",
            "Bob"
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "created": 1724857389,
  "model": "gpt-4o-2024-08-06",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "service_tier": null,
  "system_fingerprint": "fp_1c2eaec9fe",
  "usage": {
    "completion_tokens": 27,
    "prompt_tokens": 32,
    "total_tokens": 59
  }
}

from enum import Enum
from typing import Union
from pydantic import BaseModel
from openai import OpenAI
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential, get_bearer_token_provider

token_provider = get_bearer_token_provider(
    DefaultAzureCredential(), "https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default"
)

client = OpenAI(  
  base_url = "https://YOUR-RESOURCE-NAME.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/",  
  api_key=token_provider,
)

class GetDeliveryDate(BaseModel):
    order_id: str

tools = [openai.pydantic_function_tool(GetDeliveryDate)]

messages = []
messages.append({"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful customer support assistant. Use the supplied tools to assist the user."})
messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "Hi, can you tell me the delivery date for my order #12345?"}) 

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME", # replace with the model deployment name of your gpt-4o 2024-08-06 deployment
    messages=messages,
    tools=tools
)

print(response.choices[0].message.tool_calls[0].function)
print(response.model_dump_json(indent=2))

from enum import Enum
from typing import Union
from pydantic import BaseModel
import openai
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
  base_url = "https://YOUR-RESOURCE-NAME.openai.azure.com/openai/v1/",  
  api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY")  
)


class GetDeliveryDate(BaseModel):
    order_id: str

tools = [openai.pydantic_function_tool(GetDeliveryDate)]

messages = []
messages.append({"role": "system", "content": "You are a helpful customer support assistant. Use the supplied tools to assist the user."})
messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "Hi, can you tell me the delivery date for my order #12345?"}) 

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME", # replace with the model deployment name of your gpt-4o 2024-08-06 deployment
    messages=messages,
    tools=tools
)

print(response.choices[0].message.tool_calls[0].function)
print(response.model_dump_json(indent=2))

If you're new to using Microsoft Entra ID for authentication see How to configure Azure OpenAI in Microsoft Foundry Models with Microsoft Entra ID authentication.

using Azure.Identity;
using OpenAI;
using OpenAI.Chat;
using System.ClientModel.Primitives;
using System.Text.Json;

#pragma warning disable OPENAI001

BearerTokenPolicy tokenPolicy = new(
    new DefaultAzureCredential(),
    "https://cognitiveservices.azure.com/.default");

ChatClient client = new(
    model: "gpt-4.1",
    authenticationPolicy: tokenPolicy,
    options: new OpenAIClientOptions()
    {
        Endpoint = new Uri("https://YOUR-RESOURCE-NAME.openai.azure.com/openai/v1")
    }
);

ChatCompletionOptions options = new()
{
    ResponseFormat = ChatResponseFormat.CreateJsonSchemaFormat(
        jsonSchemaFormatName: "math_reasoning",
        jsonSchema: BinaryData.FromBytes("""
            {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "steps": {
                        "type": "array",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                                "explanation": { "type": "string" },
                                "output": { "type": "string" }
                            },
                            "required": ["explanation", "output"],
                            "additionalProperties": false
                        }
                    },
                    "final_answer": { "type": "string" }
                },
                "required": ["steps", "final_answer"],
                "additionalProperties": false
            }
            """u8.ToArray()),
        jsonSchemaIsStrict: true)
};

// Create a list of ChatMessage objects
ChatCompletion completion = client.CompleteChat(
    [
        new UserChatMessage("How can I solve 8x + 7 = -23?")
    ],
    options);

using JsonDocument structuredJson = JsonDocument.Parse(completion.Content[0].Text);

Console.WriteLine($"Final answer: {structuredJson.RootElement.GetProperty("final_answer")}");
Console.WriteLine("Reasoning steps:");

foreach (JsonElement stepElement in structuredJson.RootElement.GetProperty("steps").EnumerateArray())
{
    Console.WriteLine($"  - Explanation: {stepElement.GetProperty("explanation")}");
    Console.WriteLine($"    Output: {stepElement.GetProperty("output")}");
}

using OpenAI;
using OpenAI.Chat;
using System.ClientModel;
using System.Text.Json;

string keyFromEnvironment = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY");

ChatClient client = new(
    model: "gpt-4o-mini",
    credential: new ApiKeyCredential(keyFromEnvironment),
    options: new OpenAIClientOptions() { 
        Endpoint = new Uri("https://YOUR-RESOURCE-NAME.openai.azure.com/openai/v1")
    }
);

ChatCompletionOptions options = new()
{
    ResponseFormat = ChatResponseFormat.CreateJsonSchemaFormat(
        jsonSchemaFormatName: "math_reasoning",
        jsonSchema: BinaryData.FromBytes("""
            {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "steps": {
                        "type": "array",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "object",
                            "properties": {
                                "explanation": { "type": "string" },
                                "output": { "type": "string" }
                            },
                            "required": ["explanation", "output"],
                            "additionalProperties": false
                        }
                    },
                    "final_answer": { "type": "string" }
                },
                "required": ["steps", "final_answer"],
                "additionalProperties": false
            }
            """u8.ToArray()),
        jsonSchemaIsStrict: true)
};

// Create a list of ChatMessage objects
ChatCompletion completion = client.CompleteChat(
    [
        new UserChatMessage("How can I solve 8x + 7 = -23?")
    ],
    options);

using JsonDocument structuredJson = JsonDocument.Parse(completion.Content[0].Text);

Console.WriteLine($"Final answer: {structuredJson.RootElement.GetProperty("final_answer")}");
Console.WriteLine("Reasoning steps:");

foreach (JsonElement stepElement in structuredJson.RootElement.GetProperty("steps").EnumerateArray())
{
    Console.WriteLine($"  - Explanation: {stepElement.GetProperty("explanation")}");
    Console.WriteLine($"    Output: {stepElement.GetProperty("output")}");
}