> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zeroruntime.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Openai

> Python API reference for the openai llm provider.

<Card title="Usage guide" icon="book" href="/plugins/llm/openai" horizontal>
  Setup, environment variables, and Python/JavaScript/Go usage examples.
</Card>

## OpenAILLM

Initialize the OpenAI LLM plugin.

Slot: llm. Route: plugins -- direct to the vendor, with OPENAI\_API\_KEY or
an explicit api\_key.

```python theme={null}
from zeroruntime.plugins import OpenAILLM  # direct to the vendor, with your key
```

### Fields

<ParamField path="model" type="str" default="gpt-4o-mini'; pinned" />

<ParamField path="base_url" type="str | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="temperature" type="float" default="0.7" />

<ParamField path="tool_choice" type="Literal['auto', 'required', 'none']" default="UNSET" />

<ParamField path="max_completion_tokens" type="int | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="top_p" type="float | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="frequency_penalty" type="float | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="presence_penalty" type="float | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="seed" type="int | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="organization" type="str | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="project" type="str | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="parallel_tool_calls" type="bool | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="timeout" type="Any" default="None; target annotates httpx.Timeout | None" />

<ParamField path="extra_headers" type="dict | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="extra_query" type="dict | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="extra_body" type="dict | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="max_retries" type="int" default="0" />

<ParamField path="reasoning_effort" type="Literal['none', 'low', 'medium', 'high'] | None" default="UNSET" />

<ParamField path="verbosity" type="Literal['low', 'medium', 'high'] | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="streaming" type="bool" default="False" />

<ParamField path="store" type="bool" default="False; pinned" />

<ParamField path="wss_url" type="str | None" default="None" />

***

## ZRTLLM

Initialize the VideoSDK LLM plugin against its OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

Slot: llm. Route: plugins -- direct to the vendor, with OPENAI\_API\_KEY or
an explicit api\_key.

```python theme={null}
from zeroruntime.plugins import ZRTLLM  # direct to the vendor, with your key
from zeroruntime.inference import ZRTLLM  # same fields, through the gateway, no vendor key
```

### Fields

<ParamField path="model" type="str" default="gpt-4o-mini'; pinned" />

<ParamField path="base_url" type="str | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="temperature" type="float" default="0.7" />

<ParamField path="tool_choice" type="Literal['auto', 'required', 'none']" default="UNSET" />

<ParamField path="max_completion_tokens" type="int | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="top_p" type="float | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="presence_penalty" type="float | None" default="None" />

<ParamField path="frequency_penalty" type="float | None" default="None" />
