1. Go to this page and download the library: Download shawnveltman/laravel-openai library. Choose the download type require.
2. Extract the ZIP file and open the index.php.
3. Add this code to the index.php.
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');
/* Start to develop here. Best regards https://php-download.com/ */
shawnveltman / laravel-openai example snippets
use Shawnveltman\LaravelOpenai\ProviderResponseTestClass;
$ai = new ProviderResponseTestClass();
// Works with any supported model
$response = $ai->get_response_from_provider(
prompt: 'Explain quantum computing in simple terms',
model: 'gpt-5-nano', // or 'claude-sonnet-4', 'gemini-pro', etc.
);
use Shawnveltman\LaravelOpenai\Enums\ThinkingEffort;
// Minimal thinking for simple tasks (fast, cheaper)
$response = $ai->get_response_from_provider(
prompt: 'Format this data as JSON',
model: 'gpt-5-nano',
thinking_effort: ThinkingEffort::MINIMAL
);
// High thinking for complex reasoning (slower, more thorough)
$response = $ai->get_response_from_provider(
prompt: 'Solve this complex mathematical proof',
model: 'claude-sonnet-4',
thinking_effort: ThinkingEffort::HIGH
);
$response = $ai->get_response_from_provider(
prompt: 'List the top 5 programming languages with descriptions',
model: 'gpt-5-nano',
json_mode: true
);
$response = $ai->get_response_from_provider(
prompt: 'What is in this image?',
model: 'gpt-4o',
image_urls: ['https://example.com/image.jpg']
);
$response = $ai->get_response_from_provider(
prompt: 'Write a haiku',
model: 'claude-sonnet-4',
system_prompt: 'You are a professional poet',
messages: [
['role' => 'user', 'content' => 'Previous message'],
['role' => 'assistant', 'content' => 'Previous response'],
]
);
use Shawnveltman\LaravelOpenai\Models\CostLog;
// Get costs for a user
$costs = CostLog::where('user_id', 123)->get();
// Get costs by model
$costs = CostLog::where('model', 'gpt-5-nano')->sum('input_tokens');